Mark 1:37 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.'

Mark 1:39 And he was preaching in their synagogues, in all Galilee, and is casting out the 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 saith to them We may...", 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.