>>21848190the boy didnt follow the priest, or the temple guards, he ran for the hills from both groups of jews.
the bandage he had was a very fine linen, not something which would have been available to someone hanging out with an unemployed carpenter sleeping in a public park. usually it was used for funerary rites or as a medical bandage. but it was expensive. why this kid even had it is an important question. the answer i believe is it was used like gauze or a bandaid for a ritual circumcision. but the text gives no evidence or context for why the jewish author uses this word, and we can only guess as to what it was supposed to mean.
