Neville Goddard on Mark 14:43-52 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 14 in context

Scripture Focus

43And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

44And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.

45And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.

46And they laid their hands on him, and took him.

47And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

48And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?

49I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.

50And they all forsook him, and fled.

51And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:

52And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

Mark 14:43-52

Biblical Context

Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss, then the crowd arrests him. The disciples flee, and a young man runs away naked.

Neville's Inner Vision

Read this scene not as a distant event but as the inner theater of your own consciousness. Judas and the great crowd with swords are the outer agents of a belief you have entertained—that you are separated from the truth of your I AM. The kiss is the token by which you identify with that belief, sealing it into your experience. When Jesus asks, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? he is inviting you to see that no external power can touch the I AM that you truly are. I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. The outer drama must occur so your inner conviction can be seen. And they all forsook him and fled, revealing the old self abandoning its dream. The young man, naked, signifies the pure awareness that remains when form dissolves. Trust that the inner state is king, and the world merely reflects it.

Practice This Now

Assume: I AM all there is, untouched by outward drama. Revise the scene by affirming 'I am the I AM' while watching the crowd dissolve into thought; feel it real that no event can alter your essential consciousness.