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JOHN 6:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
John 6:21John 6:23
“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 his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;”
The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone. — the crowd's observation that Jesus did not board the boat creates logical puzzle: how did Jesus cross the lake? This prompts their search (v. 24), generating the occasion for the Bread of Life discourse.

Church Fathers on John 6:22

Our Lord, though He did not actually show Himself to the multitude walking on the sea, yet gave them the opportunity of inferring what had taken place; The day following, 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 His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples were gone away alone. What was this but to suspect that He had walked across the…

Chrysostom · 4th century

Knowledge of the miracle was conveyed to them indirectly. Other ships had come to the place where they had eaten bread; in these they went after Him; However there came other boats from Tiberias, nigh to the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks. When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither His disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.

Augustine · 4th century

He who set an example of declining praise, and earthly power, sets teachers also an example of deliverance in preaching.

Alcuin · 8th century
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