Mark 1:37

37 and they found him, and told him, "All are seeking you."

Mark 1:37 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:37

And when they had found him
In the desert and solitary place, where he had been praying:

they said unto him;
in order to engage him to go with them, and as the reason why they sought him with so much eagerness and diligence,

all men seek for thee;
not all the men in the world, nor, it may be, all the inhabitants of Capernaum, but a large number of them, who were inquiring after him, some for one thing, some for another; some to see him, what manner of man he was, and some to hear him, what sort of doctrine he preached, and others to see his miracles, or to have themselves, or their sick healed; and the disciples were loath that such an opportunity of doing good should be missed, and therefore sought for him, till they found him.

Mark 1:37 In-Context

35 Early in the night, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

36 Simon and those who were with him followed after him;

37 and they found him, and told him, "All are seeking you."

38 He said to them, "Let's go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also, for to this end I came forth."

39 He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.