Mark 1:36 - Exposition

And Simon and they that were with him followed after him κατεδίωξαν the word implies an "earnest pursuing." They that were with him would doubtless include Andrew and James and John, and probably others whose enthusiasm had been kindled by Simon Peter. St. Luke, in the parallel passage ( Luke 4:42 ). tells us that "the multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not go from them."