Mark 1:36 (YLT)

Passage

and Simon and those with him went in quest of him,

Nearby Context

Mark 1:34 and he healed many who were ill of manifold diseases, and many demons he cast forth, and was not suffering the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Mark 1:35 And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying;

Mark 1:36 and Simon and those with him went in quest of him,

Mark 1:37 and having found him, they say to him, --`All do seek thee;'

Mark 1:38 and he saith to them, `We may go to the next towns, that there also I may preach, for for this I came forth.'

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "And very early it being yet night..." into verse 37's "and having found him they say to...", so "simon" and "went" 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 "simon" and "went" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.