John 6:15

take him by force Carry Him up to Jerusalem and proclaim Him king at the Passover. This again is peculiar to S. John. In his Epic he points out how the enmity of Christ's foes increases; and nothing increased it so much as popular enthusiasm for Him: comp. John 3:26; John 4:1-3; John 7:40-41; John 7:46; John 8:30; John 9:30-38; John 10:21; John 10:42; John 11:45-46; John 12:9-11.

again He had come down to feed them.

into a mountain Better, as in John 6:3, into the mountain, or the hill country.

himself alone S. Matthew and S. Mark tell us that the solitude He sought was for prayer. S. Luke (Luke 9:18) mentions both the solitary prayer and also a question which seems to refer to this burst of enthusiasm for Christ; -Whom say the people that I am?" Thus the various accounts supplement one another.