Mark 1:36

Contemporary English Version

Simon and the others started looking for him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Simon and his companions searched for him,

King James Version (1611)
And Simon, and they that were with him, followed after him:

King James Version
And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.

English Standard Version
And Simon and those who were with him searched for him,

New American Standard Bible
Simon and his companions eagerly searched for Him;

New Century Version
Simon and his friends went to look for Jesus.

Amplified Bible
Simon [Peter] and his companions searched [everywhere, looking anxiously] for Him,

Legacy Standard Bible
And Simon and his companions searched for Him;

Berean Standard Bible
Simon and his companions went to look for Him,

Complete Jewish Bible
But Shim‘on and those with him went after him;

Darby Translation
And Simon and those with him went after him:

Easy-to-Read Version
Later, Simon and his friends went to look for Jesus.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Simon, and they that were with him, followed carefully after him.

George Lamsa Translation
And Simon and those who were with him were looking for him.

Good News Translation
But Simon and his companions went out searching for him,

Lexham English Bible
And Simon and those who were with him searched diligently for him.

Literal Translation
And Simon and those with him searched for Him.

American Standard Version
And Simon and they that were with him followed after him;

Bible in Basic English
And Simon and those who were with him came after him.

Hebrew Names Version
Shim`on and those who were with him followed after him;

International Standard Version
Simon and his companions searched diligently for him.

Etheridge Translation
And Shemun and (they) who (were) with him sought for him;

Murdock Translation
And Simon and his associates sought for him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Simon, & they that were with hym, folowed after hym:

English Revised Version
And Simon and they that were with him followed after him;

World English Bible
Simon and those who were with him followed after him;

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.

Weymouth's New Testament
And Simon and the others searched everywhere for Him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Symount suede hym, and thei that weren with hym.

Update Bible Version
And Simon and those that were with him followed after him;

Webster's Bible Translation
And Simon, and they that were with him, followed after him.

New English Translation
Simon and his companions searched for him.

New King James Version
And Simon and those who were with Him searched for Him.

New Living Translation
Later Simon and the others went out to find him.

New Life Bible
Simon and the others looked for Jesus.

New Revised Standard
And Simon and his companions hunted for him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Simon, and they who were with him, went in quest of him,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.

Revised Standard Version
And Simon and those who were with him pursued him,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Simon and they that were with him folowed after him.

Young's Literal Translation
and Simon and those with him went in quest of him,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Peter also and they that were with him, folowed after him.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Simon, and the rest of his company, followed after him.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Simon and the other cowboys looked and looked for him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Simon and his companions searched for Him;

Contextual Overview

²⁹ As soon as Jesus left the meeting place with James and John, they went home with Simon and Andrew. ³⁰ When they got there, Jesus was told that Simon's mother-in-law was sick in bed with fever. ³¹ Jesus went to her. He took hold of her hand and helped her up. The fever left her, and she served them a meal. ³² That evening after sunset, all who were sick or had demons in them were brought to Jesus. ³³ In fact, the whole town gathered around the door of the house. ³⁴ Jesus healed all kinds of terrible diseases and forced out a lot of demons. But the demons knew who he was, and he did not let them speak. ³⁵ Very early the next morning, Jesus got up and went to a place where he could be alone and pray. ³⁶ Simon and the others started looking for him. ³⁷ And when they found him, they said, "Everyone is looking for you!" ³⁸ Jesus replied, "We must go to the nearby towns, so that I can tell the good news to those people. This is why I have come."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Luke 5:16 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Simon, and they that were with him,.... Peter, and his brother Andrew, together with James and John,

followed after him; some time after he was gone; for he privately withdrew from them, so that they might not be aware when he went, nor apprized of his departure, for some considerable time; which when they were, they set out, in diligent search, and eager pursuit after him, until they found him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And in the morning, rising up a great while before day - Luke says Luke 4:42, “when it was day.” The passage in Mark means, in the original, not literally “a great while before day,” but very early, or while there was yet “much appearance of night.” The place in Luke means “at daybreak,” at the beginning of day. Then, also, there is much appearance of night; and Luke and Mark therefore refer to the same time before it was fully light, or just at daybreak.

And departed into a solitary place, and there prayed - Observe here:

1.That the Saviour, though perfectly holy, regarded the duty of secret prayer as of great importance.

2.That he, sought a solitary place for it - far away from the world and even from his disciples.

3.That it was early in the morning - always the best time, and a time when it should not be omitted.

4.If Jesus prayed, how much more important is it for us!

If Jesus did it in the morning, how much more important is it for us, before the world gets possession of our thoughts; before Satan fills us with unholy feelings; when we rise fresh from beds of repose, and while the world around us is still! David also thus prayed, Psalms 5:3; Psalms 119:147. He that wishes to enjoy religion will seek a place of secret prayer in the morning. If that is omitted, all will go wrong, our piety will wither. The world will fill our thoughts. Temptations will be strong. Through the day, we shall find it impossible to raise our feelings to a state of proper devotion. It will be found to be true universally, “that the religious enjoyment through the day will be according to the state of the heart in the morning, and can therefore be measured by our faithfulness in early secret prayer.” How different, too, was the conduct of the Saviour from those who spend the precious hours of the morning in sleep! He knew the value of the morning hours; he rose while the world was still; he saw the light as it spread abroad in the east with fresh tokens of his Father’s presence, and joined with the universal creation in offering praise to the everywhere present God.

Mark 1:36

And Simon - Simon Peter.

They that were with him - The other apostles.

Mark 1:37

All men seek for thee - That is, many men, or multitudes. The inquiry after him was general. They told him this, evidently, with a view to induce him to leave his place of retirement, and to prevail upon him to appear publicly to instruct the multitudes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 36. And Simon - followed after him. — κατεδιωξαν, followed him eagerly. They had now begun to taste the good word of God, and thought they could never hear too much of it. Many possess this spirit when first converted to God. O! what a pity that they should ever lose it! The soul that relishes God's word is ever growing in grace by it.