John 6:15

Therefore, Jesus perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew into the mountain himself alone.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

In Context

14Then the men, after having seen the sign which Jesus did, said: This is, in truth, the prophet that was to come into the world.

16And when evening had come, his disciples went down to the sea,

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Cross References

Matthew 14:22And he immediately constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and go before him to the opposite side, while he sent the multitudes away.

Mark 11:9And those who went before, and those who followed after, cried, saying: Hosanna. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

John 2:24But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men,

John 6:3And Jesus went up into the mountain, and sat there with his disciples.

John 7:3Then his brothers said to him: Depart hence, and go into Judea, that your disciples may see your works which you do;

John 18:36Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not hence.

Matthew Henry on John 6:2-15

The Five Thousand Fed. 1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. 4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. 5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? 6 And this he said to prove… Read the whole commentary →

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