Mark 1:37 (DBY)

Passage

and having found him, they say to him, All seek thee.

Nearby Context

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

Mark 1:36 And Simon and those with him went after him:

Mark 1:37 and having found him, they say to him, All seek thee.

Mark 1:38 And he says to them, Let us go elsewhere into the neighbouring country towns, that I may preach there also, for for this purpose am I come forth.

Mark 1:39 And he was preaching in their synagogues in the whole of Galilee, and casting out demons.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "found", "seek", and "thee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "found", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 36's "And Simon and those with him went..." into verse 38's "And he says to them Let us...", so "having" and "found" 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 "having" and "found" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.