Exegesis:

eis tēn patrida autou ‘to his own native place’: rather than the generalized sense of ‘fatherland,’ ‘country’ (Revised Standard Version), the word patris (6.4) has here the more specialized meaning of ‘home town.’ The town of Nazareth is meant (cf. 1.9, 24).

akolouthousin (cf. 1.18) ‘they follow,’ ‘they accompany’: in the physical sense of going along with, not the specialized sense of ‘follow as a disciple.’

Translation:

His own country must be translated in the sense of ‘region (or ‘place’) in which he lived,’ not ‘the land which he owned,’ as is sometimes the case in poor translations. Cf. ‘the town where he grew up’ (Toraja-Sa’dan), ‘the town from which he came’ (Javanese).

For disciples, see 2.15, and for follow see 1.17.

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on the Gospel of Mark. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1961. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .