Mark 14:51

A certain young man. This apparently trivial incident does not appear to have any particular connection with the events of the night, yet Inspiration must have had some reason for including it in the narrative. It has been suggested that the author of the Gospel, John Mark (see Acts 12:12), here refers cryptically to his own connection with the arrest of Jesus. This “young man” can hardly have been one of the disciples, for they had all already forsaken Him and fled (Mark 14:50). It should be pointed out, however, that any suggestion regarding the identity of the young man is no more than a conjecture, reasonable though it may appear. Compare John’s studied failure to identify himself by name (John 21:20–24).

The young men. Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 146) the simple reading “they.”