And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
And when they had found him on the other side of the sea - at Capernaum, probably, as may be gathered perhaps from John 6:17-59; although one would infer from the other Gospels that He and the disciples had landed rather somewhere else-it may be in the neighbourhood of it (Matthew 14:34-35; Mark 6:55).
Jesus, questioned by the Multitudes that had run after Him, about His having gotten the start of them, changes the Subject, and, from the Loaves they had been filled with, discourses to them of the Bread of Life (John 6:25-59).
And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? - astonished at His being there, and wondering how He could have accomplished it, whether by land or water, and when He came; for being quite unaware of His having walked upon the sea and landed with the disciples in the ship, they could not see how, unless He had traveled all night round the head of the lake alone, He could have reached Capernaum, and even then how He could have arrived before themselves. Jesus does not put them through their difficulty, says nothing of His treading on the waves of the sea, nor even notices their question, but takes advantage of the favourable moment for pointing out to them how forward, flippant, and superficial were their spirit and views, and how low their desires.