Mark 1:36

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…

And in the morning, rising up a great while before day - Luke says Luk 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…

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…

In these verses, we have,

I. A particular account of one miracle that Christ wrought, in the cure of Peter's wife's mother, who was ill of a fever. This passage we had before, in Matthew. Observe,

1.…

Simon already with his earnest impulsiveness beginning to take the lead. Comp. Luk 8:45; Luk 9:32.

followed after Him The word in the original is very expressive and only occurs here. It denotes (i)…