Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:1-15
The Feeding of the Five Thousand (John 6:1-15 ). Up to the end of chapter 4 information given in John’s Gospel apparently precedes the Galilean ministry of Jesus. However, from that point on the connections are more vague. Chapter 5 begins with ‘some time later’ and chapter 6 with ‘some time after this’. It is clear, therefore, that John is presenting his material in a loosely connected form and skirting around much of the information given in the tradition. Whether John 5:0, which took place... read more
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - John 6:1-71
The whole chapter really records things resulting from the conflict recorded in the previous one. Having crossed the sea, Jesus first fed the multitude, and they, enamored of His ability, attempted to take Him by force, and make Him King. This He would not permit. Sending His disciples across the sea He retired to the mountain. Then followed the wonder -recorded also by Matthew and Mark--of His stilling of the storm. Thus it will be seen that He returned to where the conflict had occurred, and... read more