Mark 1:37

37 And when they had founde him they sayde vnto him: all men seke for the.

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 And in the morninge very erly Iesus arose and went out into a solitary place and there prayed.

36 And Simon and they that were with him folowed after him.

37 And when they had founde him they sayde vnto him: all men seke for the.

38 And he sayd vnto them: let vs go into the next tounes that I maye preache there also: for truly I cam out for that purpose.

39 And he preached in their synagoges throughout all Galile and cast the devyls out.