Mark 6:45

The Walking on the Lake

45. And straightway The impression made upon the people by the miracle just narrated was profound. It was the popular expectation that the Messiah would repeat the miracles of Moses, and this "bread of wonder," of which they had just partaken, recalled to the minds of the multitudes the manna, which the Great Lawgiver had given to their forefathers. They were convinced, therefore, that the Saviour was none other than "the Prophet," of whom Moses had spoken, and in this conviction they would have taken Him by force and made Him a king(John 6:14-15). To defeat this intention the Saviour bade His Apostles take ship and cross over to the other side of the Lake.

unto Bethsaida i. e. the westernBethsaida, the town of Philip, Andrew, and Peter, in the neighbourhood of Capernaum (John 6:17).