When Jesus therefore perceived— The people thus fed by miracle were unspeakablyastonished; for indeed it was wonderful to see the food extending itself among their hands. In the height of their transport, they proposed to take Jesus by force, and make him a king, that is to say, to constrain him to assume the title of Messiah without further delay. Anciently it was usual for great men, who courted the favour of the populace, to give public feasts, at which theyinvited all the inhabitants of a town or city. Le Clerc therefore fancies that the multitude took the miracle of the loaves for a thing of this kind; and that they expressed their gratitude to Jesus, by offering to aid him in what they supposed was his purpose. It is, however, full as probable, if not more so,that in this they fulfilled their own inclinations, which led them to wish for the coming of the Messiah's kingdom, wherein they all expected to enjoy great secular advantages; for, to say the truth, they might very naturally imagine that he, who with five loaves and two fishes could feed so many thousands, was in a condition to support armies any length of time that he pleased. See the note on Matthew 14:22. Into a mountain should rather be rendered into the mountain, mentioned above, John 6:3. Before Jesus went into this mountain, several things happened, which the other evangelists have related, and to which we refer.
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John 6:15
15 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.