John Trapp on Mark 1:35-37

Verse 35. And in the morning, &c.] The fittest time for prayer, or any ferious businesse. Therefore not only David, Psalme 5. verse 3. and other Saints, but also heathens chose the morning cheifely for Sacrifice: as Nestor in Homer, the Argonauts in Apollonius. The Persian Magi sang Hymnes to their gods at break of day, and worshipped the rising Sunne. The Pinarii and Politii sacrificed every morning and evening to Hercules, upon the great Altar at Rome, &c.