And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue - so also in Luke 4:38.
They entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. The mention of these four-which is special to Mark-is the first of those traces of Peter's hand in this Gospel, of which we shall come to manymore. (See Introduction.) The house being his, and the disease and cure so nearly affecting himself, it is interesting to observe this minute specification of the number and names of the witnesses; interesting also as the first occasion on which the sacred triumvirate of Peter and James and John are selected from among the rest, to be a threefold cord of testimony to certain events in their Lord's life (see the note at Mark 5:37) - Andrew being present on this occasion, as the occurrence took place in his own house.