Teks -- John 6:22-24 (NET)

6:22 The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 6:23 But some boats from Tiberias came to shore near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 6:24 So when the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Robertson: Joh 6:22 - Which stood

Which stood ( ho hestēkōs ).

Perfect active (intransitive) participle of histēmi , to put, to stand. Jesus had sent the multitudes away the evening before (Mar 6:45; Mat 14:22), but evidently some did not go very far, still lingering in excitement on the eastern side of the lake next morning.

Robertson: Joh 6:22 - Boat

Boat ( ploiarion ).

Diminutive of ploion , little boat (Mar 3:9).

Robertson: Joh 6:22 - Entered not with

Entered not with ( ou suneisēlthen ).

Second aorist active of the double compound verb suneiserchomai , followed by associative instrumental case mathētais .

Robertson: Joh 6:22 - Went away alone

Went away alone ( monoi apēlthon ).

Second aorist active indicative of aperchomai , to go away or off. Monoi is predicate nominative. These people noted these three items.

Robertson: Joh 6:23 - Howbeit

Howbeit ( alla ).

Joh 6:23 is really an explanatory parenthesis in this long sentence. Tiberias, capital of Herod Antipas, diagonally across the lake, is only mentioned in John in the N.T. (Joh 6:1, Joh 6:23; Joh 21:1).

Robertson: Joh 6:23 - Boats

Boats ( ploia ).

Called "little boats"(ploiaria ) in Joh 6:24.

Robertson: Joh 6:24 - When the multitude therefore saw

When the multitude therefore saw ( hote oun eiden ho ochlos ).

Resumption and clarification of the complicated statements of Joh 6:22.

Robertson: Joh 6:24 - That Jesus was not there

That Jesus was not there ( hoti Iēsous ouk estin ekei ).

Present indicative retained in indirect discourse. They still did not understand how Jesus had crossed over, but they acted on the basis of the plain fact.

Robertson: Joh 6:24 - They themselves got into

They themselves got into ( enebēsan autoi eis ).

Second aorist active indicative of embainō followed by eis (both en and eis together as often in N.T.).

Robertson: Joh 6:24 - Seeking Jesus

Seeking Jesus ( zētountes ton Iēsoun ).

Present active participle of zēteō . They had a double motive apart from the curiosity explained in Joh 6:22. They had clearly not given up the impulse of the evening before to make Jesus king (Joh 6:15) and they had hopes of still another bountiful repast at the hands of Jesus as he said (Joh 6:26).

Vincent: Joh 6:22 - Which stood

Which stood ( ὁ ἑστηκὼς )

Having remained daring the night near the scene of the miracle, and being there still.

Vincent: Joh 6:22 - Boat

Boat ( ποιάριον )

Diminutive: little boat .

Vincent: Joh 6:22 - That - whereinto His disciples were entered

That - whereinto His disciples were entered

Omit, and read as Rev., save one .

Vincent: Joh 6:23 - Howbeit there came other boats

Howbeit there came other boats ( ἄλλα δὲ ἧλθεν πλοιάρια ).

Some editors omit δὲ , howbeit , change ἄλλα , other , into ἀλλὰ , but , and read, but there came boats .

Wesley: Joh 6:22 - Who had stood on the other side

They were forced to stay a while, because there were then no other vessels; and they stayed the less unwillingly, because they saw that Jesus was not embarked.

JFB: Joh 6:22-24 - The day following

The miracle of the loaves, and the stormy night; the day on which they landed at Capernaum.

JFB: Joh 6:22-24 - the people which stood on the other side of the sea

Not the whole multitude that had been fed, but only such of them as remained over night about the shore, that is, on the east side of the lake; for we are supposed to have come, with Jesus and His disciples in the ship, to the west side, to Capernaum.

JFB: Joh 6:22-24 - saw that there was none other boat there, &c.

The meaning is, the people had observed that there had been only one boat on the east side where they were; namely, the one in which the disciples had crossed at night to the other, the west side, and they had also observed that Jesus had not gone on board that boat, but His disciples had put off without Him:

JFB: Joh 6:23 - Howbeit, &c.

"Howbeit," adds the Evangelist, in a lively parenthesis, "there came other boats from Tiberias" (which lay near the southwest coast of the lake), whose passengers were part of the multitude that had followed Jesus to the east side, and been miraculously fed; these boats were fastened somewhere (says the Evangelist)

JFB: Joh 6:23 - nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks

Thus he refers to the glorious "miracle of the loaves"--and now they were put in requisition to convey the people back again to the west side. For when "the people saw that Jesus was not there, neither His disciples, they also took shipping [in these boats] and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus."

Clarke: Joh 6:22 - The people which stood on the other side

The people which stood on the other side - ἙϚηκως περαν της θαλασσης, Standing by the sea side. The people were not on the other side, i.e. in Perea, as our version states, but on that side where Bethsaida lay: see the notes on Mat 14:25, Mat 14:34, and on Mar 6:45. The Greek word, περαν, says Bishop Pearce, seems to signify in Scripture sometimes on the side of, and sometimes on this side of: see Jos 5:1 and 1 Maccabees 9:34. The Hebrew word אבר abar , signifies by the side: Exo 28:26, and is translated on this side in Deu 4:29. It has the same meaning in the Septuagint, Deu 1:5; Deu 3:8; Deu 4:46. περαν, says Vorstius, is the same with παρα, near to. This is evidently the meaning of the word in Mat 4:15; as it appears, from what is said of the land of Zabulon and Nepthali, that by περαν is not meant beyond, but by the side of; because those two tribes inhabited the western side of Jordan, which was the side lying nearest to Judea and Galilee: see on Mat 19:1 (note).

Clarke: Joh 6:23 - There came other boats

There came other boats - After Jesus and his disciples had departed

Clarke: Joh 6:23 - From Tiberias

From Tiberias - Herod Antipas built this city near the lake of Genesaret, in the best parts of Galilee, and called it Tiberias, in honor of Tiberius, the Roman emperor: see Jos. Ant. book xviii. chap. 2. sect. 3.

Clarke: Joh 6:24 - They also took shipping

They also took shipping - That is, as many of them as could get accommodated with boats took them and thus got to Capernaum; but many others doubtless went thither on foot, as it is not at all likely that five or six thousand persons could get boats enow to carry them.

Calvin: Joh 6:22 - Next day

22.Next day Here the Evangelist relates circumstances from which the multitude might conclude that Christ had gone across by divine power. There had been but one ship; they see it go away without Christ; next day, ships come from other places, by which they are conveyed to Capernaum; and there they find Christ. It follows that he must have been conveyed across in a miraculous manner. There is an intricacy and apparent confusion (ἀνακόλουθον) in the words, but still the meaning of them is plain enough; for, in the 22^nd verse, John says that there had been but one ship, and that all saw it leave the shore and that place, and that it had not Christ as a passenger; and, in the 23^rd verse, he adds that ships came from Tiberias, by which the multitude passed over, which had remained on the shore, blockading, as it were, every outlet, that Christ might not escape.

Calvin: Joh 6:23 - Near the place where they had eaten bread // After that the Lord had given thanks

23.Near the place where they had eaten bread The meaning of the words is doubtful; for they may be explained, either that Tiberias was near the place where Christ had fed them with five loaves, or that the ships reached the shore which was near and below that place. I approve more highly of the latter exposition; for Bethsaida, near which Luke states that the miracle was performed, is half-way between Tiberias and Capernaum. Accordingly, when ships came down from that place, which was farther up the lake, they sailed along that shore on which the multitude were standing; and there can be no doubt that they came to land for the purpose of taking in passengers.

After that the Lord had given thanks When John again mentions that Christ gave thanks, it is not a superfluous repetition; for he means that Christ obtained by prayer that those few loaves were sufficient for feeding so many people; and as we are cold and indolent in prayer, he presses upon us the same thing a second time.

TSK: Joh 6:22 - but

but : Joh 6:16, Joh 6:17; Mat 14:22; Mar 6:45

TSK: Joh 6:23 - there // Tiberias // where

there : Joh 6:24

Tiberias : Tiberias was a celebrated city of Galilee, on the western shore of the lake to which it gave name, so called because built by Herod Agrippa in honour of the emperor Tiberius; distant 30 furlongs from Hippos, 60 from Gadara, 120 from Scythopolis, and 30 from Tarichea. It is still called Tabaria, or Tabbareeah, by the natives, is situated close to the edge of the lake, has tolerably high but ill-built walls on three of its sides, flanked with circular towers, and is of nearly a quadrangular form, according to Pococke, containing a population estimated at from 2,000 to 4,000 souls. Joh 6:1

where : Joh 6:11, Joh 6:12

TSK: Joh 6:24 - they also // seeking

they also : Joh 6:17, Joh 6:23

seeking : Joh 7:11, Joh 18:4, Joh 18:5, Joh 20:15; Mar 1:37; Luk 8:40

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Joh 6:17-22

Ver. 17-22. By the sea is here meant the sea of Galilee, or lake of Tiberias, or of Gennesaret. There our Saviour and his disciples had left the multitude; the disciples having taken a boat, and passing over on the other side, and Christ having followed them, the multitude, probably having gone in the night to rest themselves at their several houses, came again in the morning, expecting to have found Christ, and have seen more miracles; being disappointed, understanding that both Christ and his disciples were gone over.

Poole: Joh 6:23-24

Ver. 23,24. They also took shipping, made use of some other boats that were come over the water, and went over to seek Jesus; not out of any love to his person or doctrine, (as we shall anon hear), but out of a curiosity to see some further miracles wrought by him. Our Lord disappoints them, but preacheth a most admirable sermon to them.

Lightfoot: Joh 6:24 - They also took shipping

When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.   

[They also took shipping.] They had gone afoot from Capernaum to the desert of Bethsaida, Mar 6:33; by the bridge of Chammath, near Tiberias. But they sail back in ships, partly that they might follow Jesus with the greater speed; and perhaps that they might reach time enough at the synagogue: for that was the day in which they assembled in their synagogues.

Gill: Joh 6:22 - The day following // when the people which stood on the other side of the sea // saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone

The day following,.... The day after that, in which the miracle of feeding live thousand men with five loaves and two fishes was done: the morning after the disciples had had such a bad voyage:

when the people which stood on the other side of the sea; from that in which the disciples now were, being landed at Capernaum; that is, they stood on that side, or shore, where they took shipping, near Bethsaida and Tiberias: here, after they were dismissed by Christ, they stood all night, waiting for boats to carry them over; or rather, knowing that Christ was not gone with his disciples, they continued, hoping to meet with him in the morning, and enjoy some more advantage by him: for they

saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone; from whence they concluded, that since there was only that boat, and Jesus did not go into it, but that the disciples went off without him, that he must be therefore somewhere on shore, and not far off, and they hoped to find him in the morning; wherefore it was very surprising to them, when they found him at Capernaum, when, and how he got there.

Gill: Joh 6:23 - Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias // nigh unto the place where they did eat bread // after that the Lord had given thanks

Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias,.... A city by the sea side, built by Herod, and called so in honour of Tiberius Caesar; though the Jews give a different etymology of it; they say, it is the same with Rakkath, Jos 19:35, and that it was a fortified place from the days of Joshua, and that on one side, ימה חומתה, "the sea was its wall" ^d: and so Jonathan the Targumist on Deu 3:17 says, that Tiberias was near the sea of salt: this place became famous for many of the wise men that lived here; here was a famous university, and here the Misna and Jerusalem Talmud were written; and here the sanhedrim sat, after it removed from Jerusalem:

nigh unto the place where they did eat bread; where the day before they had been fed in so miraculous a manner: the meaning is, either that Tiberias was near to the place where the miracle was wrought, or the boats from Tiberias came near that place, and both were true: so that these men that were waiting by the sea side, had an opportunity of going over in these boats in quest of Christ, to whom they were now become greatly attached, by feeding them in so wonderful a manner:

after that the Lord had given thanks; which clause is added to show, that the multiplication of the bread, and the refreshment the men had by it, were owing to the power of Christ, and his blessing it; though this is wanting in Beza's most ancient copy, and in some others.

Gill: Joh 6:24 - When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there // neither his disciples // they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus

When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there,.... At the sea side, at the usual place of taking boat; and having reason to think he was not on that side of the lake, but was gone from thence:

neither his disciples; when they found that there were neither of them there, but both were gone, and considering that it was to no purpose for them to stay there:

they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus; they might observe, that the disciples steered their course towards this place; and they knew that was a place of general resort with Christ and his disciples; therefore they took boat and came directly thither, and sought for him in the synagogue, it being on a day in which the people used to go thither; and where Christ, as often as he had opportunity, attended.