John 6:15

Then Jesus, knowing their intention to come and to seize him by force, in order to make him king, retired again into the mountain by himself alone.

Thomas Haweis 1795 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

14When therefore the men saw the miracle which Jesus had done, they said, This is of a certainty that prophet which is to come into the world.

16So when evening was now come, his disciples went down to the sea-side,

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Cross References

Matthew 14:22And immediately Jesus compelled his disciples to go on board the vessel, and pass before him to the other side, while he dismissed the people.

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

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

John 6:3Then Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat down with his disciple.

John 7:3Then said his disciples to him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou doest.

John 18:36Jesus replied, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom had been of this world, then would my servants have struggled hard, that I should not have been delivered up to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from 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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