They also took shipping - That is, as many of them as could get accommodated with boats took them and thus got to Capernaum; but many others doubtless went thither on foot, as it is not at all likely that five or six thousand persons could get boats enow to carry them. read more
Verse 22 22.Next day. Here the Evangelist relates circumstances from which the multitude might conclude that Christ had gone across by divine power. There had been but one ship; they see it go away without Christ; next day, ships come from other places, by which they are conveyed to Capernaum; and there they find Christ. It follows that he must have been conveyed across in a miraculous manner. There is an intricacy and apparent confusion ( ἀνακόλουθον) in the words, but still the meaning of... read more
Verse 23 23.Near the place where they had eaten bread. The meaning of the words is doubtful; for they may be explained, either that Tiberias was near the place where Christ had fed them with five loaves, or that the ships reached the shore which was near and below that place. I approve more highly of the latter exposition; for Bethsaida, near which Luke states that the miracle was performed, is half-way between Tiberias and Capernaum. Accordingly, when ships came down from that place, which was... read more
2. Christ declares himself to be the Sustainer and Protector of the life of which he is the Source . read more
(2) The mastery of the forces of nature—a " sign " of love . read more
Christ walking on the sea. Our Lord had sent the disciples across to Capernaum, to detach them from the influence of the excited multitude. I. THE DISCIPLES EXPOSED TO DANGER ON THE LAKE . "And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. And the sea was agitated by a great wind that blew." 1 . The sea of Galilee was often exposed to dangerous storms . 2 . The darkness of the night must hare intensified the fears of the disciples . 3 . The absence... read more
Then they were willing to receive him into the ship: and straightway the ship was at the land whither they were going . Some expositors, who find discrepancy between this statement and that of the synoptists, say, "they were willing, but did not do it," because the vessel is said by some remarkable process to have been miraculously propelled to the shore (so Lucke, Meyer). There are many passages, however, where a similar expression is used, and where no doubt arises that that which the... read more
The next day, the crowd which stood on the other side of the sea, near the site of the great miracle, amazed at the departure of the disciples and the separation between them and Jesus, and saw that there was only one little boat there £ —or "none other little boat there save one," and this was too small for it to be the boat which brought Jesus and his disciples thither or took the latter away—and saw that Jesus did not enter with his disciples into the boat in which they were... read more
False seekers and a true Saviour. We have here in relation to Jesus— I. A MANIFESTATION OF AN OUTWARDLY PROPER AND HOPEFUL CONDUCT . These people sought Jesus, and in doing so: 1 . They strove to find the right Object— Jesus. Many seek unworthy, worthless, and injurious objects—objects unworthy of them and their efforts—the very thought of which is most debasing and morally dangerous; but these people seek the most worthy, valuable, and soul-benefiting Object it... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:23
There came other boats - After Jesus and his disciples had departed. From Tiberias - Herod Antipas built this city near the lake of Genesaret, in the best parts of Galilee, and called it Tiberias, in honor of Tiberius, the Roman emperor: see Jos. Ant. book xviii. chap. 2. sect. 3. read more