Luk 4:42-44. Jesus sought out at morning prayer, and entreated to stay, declines from the urgency of His work.
See on Mar 1:35-39, where we learn how early He retired, and how He was engaged in solitude when they came seeking Him.
stayed him - “were staying Him,” or sought to do it. What a contrast to the Gadarenes! The nature of His mission required Him to keep moving, that all might hear the glad tidings (Mat 8:34).