Marvin Meyer sees the young man in Secret Mark as a paradigmatic disciple that "functions as a literary rather than a historical figure." The young man ("neaniskos") wears only "a linen cloth" ("sindona") "over his naked body". This is reminiscent of Mark 14:51–52, where, in the garden of Gethsemane, an unnamed young man ("neaniskos") who is wearing nothing but a linen cloth ("sindona") about his body is said to follow Jesus, and as they seize him, he runs away naked, leaving his linen cloth behind. The word "sindōn" is also found in Mark 15:46 where it refers to Jesus' burial wrapping. And in Mark 16:5 a "neaniskos" (young man) in a white robe, who in Mark does not seem to function as an angel, is sitting in the empty tomb when the women arrive to anoint Jesus' body.