Who was the mysterious young man?
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Mark himself.
The Gospel of Mark is not really Mark's story to begin with. It's the stories Peter told that Mark wrote down as encouraged by Ireneus or someone before he died. Mark was a non-stop companion of Peter's during and after Jesus's ascension into Heaven....Peter often repeated these stories ad-nauseum. And pay close attention to the "Sending of the 12" story and the staff is the big giveaway of what I'm saying is true.
The section in John 8 belongs in Mark's Gospel. (Writing style matches Mark's instead of John's)
In Luke's Gospel he tells how he tried to meet Jesus but was refused without actually naming himself. The apostles and disciples had to write themselves in but used the opportunity to make themselves seem laughable.
The things I revealed about the Gospels require a skill called hermeneutics.
Hermeneutics is a blend of the sciences (history, anthropology, geography and etc) and arts to really understand the scriptures in full context.
2,000+ years ago writing was something very very expensive to do. A Torah scroll (the five books of Moses) would cost the equivalent in excess of $100,000 (us)
So the writing was extremely concentrated and left out obvious details....well they were obvious 2,000 years ago in Egypt which is where he wrote the Gospel and founded several churches while at it.
ST. Mark's Coptic church is still in existence....they have a dedication to speaking in 4 languages things like the Lord's Prayer and fast so much of the year they only eat meat 50 days of the year. A big feast is coming soon on Easter Sunday for them where there will be several meats on the table...and boy howdy will they eat.
The current persecution of the Coptics in Egypt is severe....reminiscent of Black's in the 1950's in the South. (Not good at all)
The Bible doesn’t identify the man which suggests ( to me) that his identity is not important for salvation.
Not important for salvation but every word in the bible has importance.
Everything that took place in the gospel was for a message and a sign:
51A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him, 52he fled naked, leaving his garment behind. Mark 14:51-52
The young man followed Jesus but at the point of tribulation he fleed leaving behind his garment.
The garment represents his faith in Jesus Christ, fleeing naked represents leaving behind his salvation in a times of testing.
The one overcoming thus will be clothed in white garments. And I will never blot out his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. Rev 3:5
And those upon the rock are those who receive the word with joy when they hear; and these have no root, who believe for a time, and in time of testing fall away. Luke 8:13
And I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Rev 7:14
The best example of this is Peter denying Jesus Christ 3 times and Thomas needing proof by seeing to believe. Though it is more blessed to not have seen but believed or not to deny Himself, He still returned to them.