>>17908539
A great article to read is at
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43728293?seq=2
It discusses "the nature of ancient clothing, where wearing a cloak alone was not unusual."
As it discusses, "A detailed examination of the [Greek term for this garment] as
an outer garment or cloak and of documentary texts in which cloaks figure prominently in situations of conflict reveals that there is nothing mysterious about these
two verses in Mark...Both the tunic and the cloak were rectangular pieces of cloth made to 'fit'
very generally the body on the loom; clothing in the ancient Mediterranean was
not 'made to measure,' but came off the loom 'ready to wear,' fit proportionally
to a body, but only in terms of the size of the rectangle. A piece of clothing of any
textile (wool, linen, silk, etc.) was therefore 'finished' as it left the loom in rectangular form...The tunic, either one piece of
fabric pinned...belted, or sewn along the sides to create
a seam and armholes, or two pieces of fabric fastened together in similar fashion,
was worn next to the body...with the cloak as the outer garment, which was wrapped or draped around
the body...".
What the young man was wearing wasn't uncommon. The article explicitly discusses how the "nothing but" you highlight as your evidence isn't in the Greek text at all:
"The wearing of 'nothing but' a linen cloth suggests that the
young man's dress was unusual or out of place.
The expression 'nothing but' is not, however, included in the Greek text of
14:51-52".
