Bible story of the first assistant to the detective

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“One young man, wrapping a blanket over his naked body, followed Him; and the soldiers seized him. But he, leaving the veil, naked ran away from them "(Mark 14, 51-52)."

This is the only biblical episode reported only by ev. Mark. During the surveillance of Apostle Peter for the arrested Jesus, the guard suddenly discovers a young man who secretly sneaks behind them. A skirmish ensued. But the youth manages to avoid arrest. At some point, the scout allows the enemy to rip off a light blanket (σινδόνα) so that he can immediately hide naked in the darkness of a night garden. The guard leaves attempts to detain the spy in order to continue escorting Jesus to the house of High Priest Ana.

Why does the Bible even mention this incident, which seemed to have no influence on the course of events?

Archpriest D. Smirnov explains the fleeting youth episode with the author’s idea ev. Mark to show the magnitude of the fear that took possession of the students and everyone who was present in Gethsemane during the arrest. There is such a thing - “realities,” he says, which testify to the authenticity of what happened, and at the same time, they really mean nothing, “they simply report how it happened.”

We find a similar interpretation from Blessed Theophylact of Bulgaria, who writes that the young man simply followed the escaping upper apostles "and this one left the Lord."

Perhaps this is so.Mark (for me there is no doubt that he was the young man) really ran completely unexpectedly for himself, as sometimes happens with a person in a state of shock, when he simply does not know how to react to a situation that is completely unexpected. But was there a situation for ev. Mark unexpected if he "... followed him"?

Can an act be called unconscious if a person foresees its consequences in advance?

In a commentary on Lopukhin's Explanatory Bible, the young man’s behavior is explained by the assumption that the evangelist Mark talks about an incident that happened to him. Obviously, Lopukhin refers to an early Christian tradition according to which the author of the Gospel of Mark was the same John Mark, who wrote His Gospel in the period between 64 and 68 AD

This explains a lot, because in the scripture there are details that could only be known to an eyewitness of events. Indeed. Who better than Ev.Mark is best to know whether a scout escaped naked or not, leaving the shroud in the hands of the guards?

But then, why did John Mark risk being arrested?

In fact, the young man’s deed shows very competent, from the point of view of self-defense, tactical steps known to any detective. Because immediately after these actions there is a story about the successful penetration of Apostle Peter into the courtyard of the high priest Ana, where Jesus spent his last earthly clock.

Therefore, the actions of ev. Mark is not talking about fear or recklessness, but about careful planning for covert surveillance. It is believed that ev. Mark was completely unprepared and therefore fled. This is not true. Up Peter - the first detective - before the start of surveillance, enlisted the help of his student, and the sharp-witted, agile young man fulfilled his task with enthusiasm. As directed by Ap. Petra ev. Mark threw a “veil over his naked body” and deliberately diverted all the attention of the guard. But the apostle Peter, the soldiers who accompanied Jesus, did not notice!

In an inevitable battle, John Mark allows the cohort warriors to rip off his tunic and ... clicks them on the nose! Calculation up. Petra turns out to be faithful - the guard calmed down and is no longer trying to track down other scouts. After the guard’s attention is scattered, ap. It is much easier for Peter to secretly and under cover of night enter the enemy’s yard.

It turns out, ev. Mark didn’t run away from shock or fear, but carried out the instructions of his mentor - up. Petra, that is, he consciously risked being captured.

It happens in life. On the surface, the detective’s act looks as if he was covetous or even escaped. In reality, only a practitioner can judge the actions of a specialist in a private investigation. The one who, at least once, defending the interests of his customer, found the strength to bring the planned investigation to the end.

 

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SECRET OF EVENING. HOW JESUS CHRIST gave the FIRST LESSON TO CONSPIRATION AND SECRET OBSERVATION TO HIS DISCIPLES TO PETERS AND JOHN

“On the very first day of unleavened bread, when they laid the Passover lamb, his disciples tell him: where do you want to eat Easter? We will go and prepare. ” In response to this question, Jesus Christ called two of his disciples and told them: “Go to the city; and you will meet a man carrying a jug of water; follow him, and where he will enter, tell the master of the house of that: “The teacher says: where is the room in which I would have Easter with my disciples?” And he will show you a large upper room strewn, ready; prepare us there. And his disciples went and came to the city, and found, as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover ”(Mark 24:13 - 16).

The assignment for students is not easy. Traveling to the city is so dangerous that, despite Jesus' instruction (Luke IX, 1-6) to rely entirely on the help of the world, the apostles buy two Roman swords. And in vain. The signs of the person whom they need to identify are easily remembered due to the characteristic detail - this person carries a jug of water. Luke has the same signs of man - as Mark (Lk. 22-10). Matthew will not accept it (Matthew 26-18), but instead of them, Peter and John will learn a passphrase with which they can verify the identity of the “water carrier” (and tell him: Teacher says: My time is near).

Why such difficulties? Why did Jesus Christ not say either the name of the owner of the house or his address, but limited himself to only human signs and a password?

There are several reasons. First, the “master of the house” is not called by name because Christ wanted to hide from Judas who had returned the place of the last supper, which “sought a convenient time to betray him” (Luke 22: 6) to the conspirators. In this regard, the phrase “My time is near” takes on a different meaning - as a secret password, known only to Jesus and the owner of the house (probably to Mark).

If this is so, and the house really belonged to St. Mark, then it is clear why Jesus chose Peter to fulfill this secret mission. Ap. Peter the teacher of St. Mark. In this case, any "leak" of information about the venue of the Last Supper is excluded. Indeed, the number of initiates about the place and time of the meeting has a strictly defined number of proxies: the apostles Mark, Peter and John. The calculation of Jesus turned out to be true! Judas was never able to recognize the gathering place of the apostles with the Master. The Last Supper did not become apparent to the enemy!

Without revealing the address to all the disciples, Jesus Christ wanted to convey to two or three (taking into account Mark) the disciples the basics of secret observation tactics in order to prepare them for the upcoming night test. And so that they know that there is nothing wrong with “conversion”.

But isn't that risky? Is it possible for a mentor to sacrifice during the training not himself, but “not sniffing gunpowder” students. What kind of method is this whereby on the very first day of production internships it is allowed to throw interns into a real battle ?!

This method reminds me of the tactics of military shoot-and-run scouts. (Alec D. Epstein. Counterterrorism Terror "Point Elimination" by Israel of Palestinian Leaders: Political, Legal, and Moral Aspects of M., 2009). It is all the more easy to believe in the reality of such a call if one finds in Mark earlier - “he who destroys himself will be saved” (Mark 8: 35). If the candidate for detectives from the very beginning of his activity does not assume the risk of being exposed, then he is a living target for the enemy and a real disaster for colleagues. In order not to risk your health and reputation in the future, it is better to stop in time, break the patterns of ideas about super agents and refuse the services of a mentor. To get rid of the obligations that I took out of my inexperience and to be the way I was before I began to study snooping. But here you are deprived of another, your calling to serve, and while serving, to be like a teacher!

But what about responsibility for others? And so, that both Jesus and Apostle Peter are still responsible for us, for detectives. Those who do not believe that Apostle Peter was the first to follow the path of a detective, of course, should not accept anything at his own expense. But who believes ...

The alternative to the one who does not believe is also known - to be prepared to take risks not commensurate with the operational environment, but commensurate with the costs, i.e. "Exactly as much as they paid," and do not forget to keep your fingers crossed behind your back

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