Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
John 6:24
Took shipping - Went into the boats.
Came to Capernaum - This was the ordinary place of the residence of Jesus, and they therefore expected to find him there.
Took shipping - Went into the boats.
Came to Capernaum - This was the ordinary place of the residence of Jesus, and they therefore expected to find him there.
Verse 24. _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...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Feeding of the Five Thousand Men. (John 6:1 .)_ 2. The Attempt to Make Him King, (John 6:15 .) 3. The Stormy Sea. “It is I, be not afraid.” (John 6:16 .) 4. The Discourse on the...
AFTER THE MIRACLE: THE WALKING ON THE SEA. Though the details are obscure, Jn. gives the key to the situation by recording the dangerous enthusiasm of the crowds, as later on he shows the dangers whic...
CAME TO CAPERNAUM, SEEKING JESUS. As they did not see the Lord longer on the eastern shore, they sought him at the place where he made his home. These seekers were deeply impressed by the miracle of...
On the next day, the crowd which was still standing on the far side of the sea, saw that there had been only one boat, and that Jesus had not gone into the boat with his disciples, but that the discip...
THE LOAVES AND FISHES (John 6:1-13)...
THEY. themselves. Emphatic. TOOK SHIPPING. entered into (Greek. _eis, v._ 3) the boats _(ploia),_ but all the texts read _ploiaria._ TO. unto. Greek. _eis,_ as in John 6:3....
The Sequel of the two Signs 22 24. We have here a complicated sentence very unusual in S. John (but comp. John 13:1-4); it betrays "a certain literary awkwardness, but great historical accuracy … The...
_they also took shipping_ More literally, _they_ THEMSELVES ENTERED INTO THE BOATS, i.e. the boats that had come from Tiberias, driven in very possibly by the gale which had delayed the Apostles: -als...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
22–24. A complicated sentence very unusual in S. John (comp. John 13:1-4); but its very intricacy is evidence of its accuracy. A writer of fiction would have given fewer details and stated them with g...
THE SEQUEL OF THE TWO SIGNS The people had wished to make Jesus a Jewish king. He has just manifested Himself to His disciples as King of the whole realm of nature. The wrongheaded multitude, to whic...
ΕἾΔΕΝ. A fresh seeing; not a resumption of εἰδον in John 6:22. ΕἸΣ ΤᾺ ΠΛ. The boats from Tiberias, driven in probably by the contrary wind (Matthew 14:24; Mark 6:48) which had delayed the Apostles. Th...
par Ver 22. The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus we...
_TEACHING ABOUT THE BREAD OF LIFE -- JOHN 6:22-65:_ On the next day the multitude realized that Jesus was gone and they went to find Him. The people asked Jesus how or when He got to Capernaum. Jesus...
ΈΝΈΒΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ John 6:17. ΖΗΤΟΫ́ΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΖΗΤΈΩ (G2212) искать....
THE DAY FOLLOWING, &C.— Notwithstanding Jesus had ordered the people to go home after he had sent his disciples away, they did not leave the desart mountain. It seems they took notice that no boat had...
THE MISTAKEN SEARCH _Text 6:22-29_ 22 On the morrow the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, save one, and that Jesus entered not with his disci...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 6:14-27 We begin with our customary Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— The opening verses of the passage before us contain the sequel to what is...
When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. WHEN THE PEOPLE - `the multitude.' THEREFORE SAW...
15 Exactly a year later (Joh_12:12-16) He presented Himself to them as their King. This effort to make Him King was premature and arose from the fact that they had not comprehended the significance of...
THE BREAD OF LIFE John 6:1 to John 7:1. Feeding the five thousand. Walking upon the sea. Discourse upon the bread of life. Defection of many disciples. The Apostles stand firm. Returning from Jerusal...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 6 JESUS FEEDS 5000 MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES 6:1-15 V1 After this, Jesus went across Lake *Galilee. (Lake *Galilee was cal...
WHEN THE PEOPLE. — Better, _the multitude,_ as before. It is not necessary to suppose that the whole 5,000 crossed over. The crowd came probably in part from the eastern side, and many would continue...
CHAPTER 14 JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE. John 6:1. In this chapter John follows the same method as in the last. He first relates the sign, and then gives our Lord's interpretation of it. As to the Samari...
_The immediate impression made by the miracle and the consequent movements of Jesus and the crowd_....
INSINCERE SEEKERS OF TRUTH John 6:22-29 The mention in John 6:23 of Christ's giving thanks, recalls the vivid impression made by that solemn act, and the great importance which those who witnessed it...
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...
CHAPTER 33 PUZZLE OF THE MULTITUDE John 6:22-71. _“On the following day the multitude, standing beyond the sea, saw that there was no other ship except one, and that Jesus did not go along with His d...
“ _On the morrow, the multitude who stood on the other side of the sea and who had seen that there was no other boat there but one_, _that into which the disciples had entered, and that Jesus entered...
II. THE DISCOURSES: JOHN 6:22-65. This section contains, first an historical introduction (John 6:22-24), then a series of conversations and discourses (John 6:25-65)....
The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with h...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
In chapter 6, then, it is the Lord come down from heaven, humbled and put to death, not now as the Son of God, one with the Father, the source of life; but as He who, although He was Jehovah and at th...
WHEN THE PEOPLE THEREFORE SAW THAT JESUS WAS NOT THERE,.... At the sea side, at the usual place of taking boat; and having reason to think he was not on that side of the lake, but was gone from thence...
When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. Ver. 24. _Seeking for Jesus_] But not for Jesus' sake...
“In this and the two following verses,” says Dr. Campbell, “is contained a sentence more involved than any in this gospel. Indeed it is so unlike the composition of this evangelist, as to give ground...
TOOK SHIPPING; boats that came from Tiberias, which was on the west side of the sea....
CHRIST THE BREAD OF LIFE. The surprise of the people:...
WHEN THE PEOPLE THEREFORE SAW THAT JESUS WAS NOT THERE, NEITHER HIS DISCIPLES, THEY ALSO TOOK SHIPPING, AND CAME TO CAPERNAUM, SEEKING FOR JESUS....
FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND (vs.1-13) The setting here is no longer Jerusalem, but Galilee, and the contrast to the beginning of chapter 5 is striking. For here grace shines out beautifully, available...
22-27 Instead of answering the inquiry how he came there, Jesus blamed their asking. The utmost earnestness should be employed in seeking salvation, in the use of appointed means; yet it is to be soug...
SEE POOLE ON "1 THESSALONIANS 6:23...
John 6:24 when G3753 people G3793 therefore G3767 saw G1492 (G5627) that G3754 Jesus G2424 was G2076 ...
JESUS WALKS ON THE SEA OF GALILEE (JOHN 6:16). It is quite clear from the fact that this event follows immediately on the other that Jesus was now trying to bring home to His disciple His own uniquene...
John 6:24. WHEN THE MULTITUDE THEREFORE SAW THAT JESUS WAS NOT THERE, NEITHER HIS DISCIPLES, THEY THEMSELVES GOT INTO THE LITTLE BOATS, AND CAME TO CAPERNAUM, SEEKING FOR JESUS. If Jesus was neither o...
In the miracle of the multiplying of the bread Jesus has symbolically presented Himself as the true bread of life. This thought is now unfolded in the various discourses with which the remainder of th...
WHEN THE MULTITUDE THEREFORE SAW (οτε ουν ειδεν ο οχλος). Resumption and clarification of the complicated statements of verse John 6:22.THAT JESUS WAS NOT THERE (οτ Ιησους ουκ εστιν εκε). Present...
John 6:22. The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went...
John 6:22. The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went...
John 6:14. _Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come an...
John 6:1. _After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were disease...
CONTENTS: Feeding the 5000. Walking on the sea. Discourse on the Bread of Life. Peter's confession of faith. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, boy, Moses, Joseph. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, the true...
John 6:2. _A great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles._ But being dull of apprehension, they seemed to have no idea that the Lord could feed the hungry, as well as heal the sick. Ch...
AND WENT TO CAPERNAUM, LOOKING FOR HIM. They knew Jesus made this town his home....
_When the people saw that Jesus was not there … they took Shipping, and came to Capurnaum_ ABUSE OF THE MIRACLE OF THE LOAVES AND FISHES I. A COMMENDABLE PURSUIT (John 6:24). 1. Where they sought H...
_The day following_ JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE I. OUR LORD’S AVOWAL OF HIS DIVINE NATURE AND HIS HEAVENLY ERRAND. More than thirty times in this one discourse does He use the personal pronouns “Me” and...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 6:23 CAPERNAUM is on the northwest edge of the Sea of Galilee. Several miles to the south is TIBERIAS, the largest city on the Sea....
CHAPTER 6 VER. 1. _After this_, &c. Tiberias is here named, because the desert in which Christ fed the five thousand was near to Tiberias. _After this_, not immediately, but almost a year afterwards....
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 6:22. NONE OTHER BOAT, RATHER LITTLE SHIP (πλοιάριον).—The meaning of this long and complicated sentence is plain. A number of the crowd who had been present when...
EXPOSITION JOHN 6:1 2. _Christ declares himself to be the Sustainer and Protector of the life of which he is the Source_. JOHN 6:1 (1) _The supply of human wants illustrated by a well known _"_si...
Now we have an indeterminate rate of time. Jesus was in Jerusalem when He was saying these things, they were as a result of this blind man...or the lame man, rather, who was healed there at the pool o...
John 18:4; John 18:5; John 20:15; John 6:17; John 6:23;...