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MARK 1:36 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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“And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.”
Simon and his companions went to look for him — the hunting of Jesus by his disciples is the first of several scenes in Mark where the disciples seek Jesus out with an agenda of their own. The word for went to look for (katediōxen) can mean to hunt down or pursue intensely, suggesting urgency. Simon and his companions (the other three disciples) wake to find Jesus gone and mount a search. The disciples' agenda — everyone is looking for you — reflects the successful public ministry of the previous day and the crowd's desire for more of the same. The disciples assume that Jesus will be as eager as the crowd to capitalize on the momentum the Capernaum Sabbath has created.

Church Fathers on Mark 1:36

After that the Lord had cured the sick, He retired apart.

Theophylact · 11th century

But by this preaching, which, he says, 'He continued in all Galilee,' is also meant the sermon of the Lord delivered on the mount, which Matthew mentions, and Mark has entirely passed over, without giving any thing like it, save that he has repeated some sentences not in continuous order, but in scattered places, spoken by the Lord at other times.

Augustine · 4th century · de Con. Evan., ii, 19

Again, mystically if by the setting of the sun, the death of the Saviour is intended, why should not His resurrection be intended by the returning dawn? For by its clear light, He went far into the wilderness of the Gentiles, and there continued praying in the person of His faithful disciples, for He aroused their hearts by the grace of the Holy Spirit to the virtue of prayer.

Bede · 8th century
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