Mark 1:33 (DBY)

Passage

and the whole city was gathered together at the door.

Nearby Context

Mark 1:31 And he went up to [her] and raised her up, having taken her by the hand, and straightway the fever left her, and she served them.

Mark 1:32 But evening being come, when the sun had gone down, they brought to him all that were suffering, and those possessed by demons;

Mark 1:33 and the whole city was gathered together at the door.

Mark 1:34 And he healed many suffering from various diseases; and he cast out many demons, and did not suffer the demons to speak because they knew him.

Mark 1:35 And rising in the morning long before day, he went out and went away into a desert place, and there prayed.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "whole", "city", "gathered", "together", and "door". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "whole" and "city", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "But evening being come when the sun..." into verse 34's "And he healed many suffering from various...", so "whole" and "city" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "whole" and "city" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.