15 Then Jesus, because he[a] knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make him[b] king, withdrew again up the mountain by himself alone.

Jesus Walks on the Water

16 Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea. 17 And getting into a boat, they began to go[c] to the other side of the sea, to Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:15 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“knew”) which is understood as causal
  2. John 6:15 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. John 6:17 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to go”)