"Er kommt seinem Vater nach."

[ogergo]

Why simple present english translation is inadequate and simple continuous is accepted?

[kostas1001]

why "he is coming after his father" is wrong here

[Dror.Schafer]

I need some explanations:

He comes after his father = Er kommt nach seinem Vater?
'Er kommt seinem Vater nach' sounds to me as if the sentence is using the verb 'nachkommen', therefore 'He complies with his father'?

[Ehsan]

the verb here is "jdm. (dativ) nachkommen: to follow somebody"