“And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.”
Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd — the dismissal of the crowd follows the feeding: the miracle is complete, the crowd is fed, and now Jesus acts to prevent the political response that John 6:15 records explicitly (the crowd wanting to make him king by force). Jesus separates the disciples from the crowd and from himself — the boat departs, the crowd is sent away, and Jesus is alone.
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