(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)

(Howbeit - adds the Evangelist, in a lively parenthesis.

There came other boats from Tiberias - which lay near the south west coast of the lake, whose passengers were part of the multitude that had followed Jesus to the East side, and been miraculously fed: these boats were fastened somewhere, says the Evangelist.

Nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks) - thus he refers to the glorious "miracle of the loaves:" and now these boats were put in requisition to convey the people back again to the West side. For, says our Evangelist.

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