“Adolescens autem quidam sequebatur eum amictus sindone super nudo : et tenuerunt eum.”
“And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:”
“One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him,”
“A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself, over his naked body. The young men grabbed him,”
“And a certain young man followed with him, having a linen cloth cast about him, over his naked body: and they lay hold on him;”
This probably was the owner, or the son of the owner of the garden, who hearing the tumult came to see what was the cause. It must have been a young man from the Greek word neaniskos. (Tirinus)
IX. The noise disturbed the neighbourhood, and some of the neighbours were brought into danger by the riot, v. 51, 52. This passage of story we have not in any other of the evangelists. Here is an account of a certain young man, who, as it should seem, was no disciple of Christ, nor, as some have imagined, a servant of the house wherein Christ had eaten the passover, who followed him to see what would become of him (as the sons of the prophets, when they understood that Elijah was to be taken up, went to view afar off, 2 Kings 2 7), but some young man that lived near the garden, perhaps in the house to which the garden belonged. Now observe concerning him,
Verses 43-52 Because Christ appeared not as a temporal prince, but preached repentance, reformation, and a holy life, and directed men's thoughts, and affections, and aims to another world, therefore the Jewish rulers sought to destroy him. Peter wounded one of the band. It is easier to fight for Christ than to die for him. But there is a great difference between faulty disciples and hypocrites. The latter rashly and without thought call Christ Master, and express great affection for him, yet betray him to his enemies. Thus they hasten their own destruction.