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14 When the people saw the sign he had performed, they began to say, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world.” 15 Then Jesus realized that they were going to come and carry him off to make him king, so he again withdrew to the mountain by himself.

16 Jesus Walks on the Water.[a] When evening came, the disciples went down to the sea,

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:16 This account is connected with the preceding passage in the oldest tradition. Like the miracle of the loaves, it shows the absolute mastery Jesus exercises over creatures. For the disciples it is an invitation to believe without reserve: with Jesus present, they will lack nothing, and nothing can put them in peril.

14 After the people saw the sign(A) Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”(B) 15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king(C) by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.(D)

Jesus Walks on the Water(E)

16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,

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