Despite the fact that all the disciples swore to never leave him, they all quickly abandon him here. Mark (alone among the evangelists) then relates that there was a young man who was a follower (, "tis synēkolouthei autō") of Jesus, who was wearing "nothing but a linen garment", was seized by the crowd and left his clothes behind and fled away naked. Theologian Albert Barnes argues that he was not a disciple, but "he may have been the owner of the garden". Some writers, for example Bishop Tom Wright, think this might be a self-reference to Mark himself. Others think it might refer to the man mentioned in the disputed Secret Gospel of Mark or the man in the white robe found at Jesus' tomb. He could be a metaphor for the disciples, who are now naked in the world after abandoning Jesus. German theologian Paul Schanz suggested that Mark included this incident out of "a desire to exhibit in a concrete instance the danger of the situation, and the ferocity of the enemies of Jesus".