John 6:15

And Jesus knew, that they were about to come and take him by force, and make him king: and he retired into a mountain alone.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

14And those people, when they saw the sign which Jesus had wrought, said: Certainly, this is that prophet who was to come into the world.

16And when it was evening, his disciples went down to the sea,

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Cross References

Matthew 14:22And immediately he constrained his disciples to embark in a ship, and to go before him to the other side, while he sent away the multitudes.

Mark 11:9And those preceding him, and those following him shouted and said: Hosanna: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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

John 6:3And Jesus ascended a mountain, and there he seated himself with his disciples.

John 7:3And the brothers of Jesus said to him: Leave here, and go into Judaea; that thy disciples may see the works thou doest.

John 18:36Jesus said to him: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have fought, that I might not be 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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