17And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
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And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. …
So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-21)Here is, I. Christ’s retirement from the multitude. 1. Observe what induced him to retire; because he perceived that those who acknowledged him to be that prophet that should come into the world would come, and take him by force, to make him a king , John 6:15. Now here we have an instance, (1.) Of the irregular zeal of some of Christ’s followers; nothing would serve but they would make him a king…
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