Avoiding Kingship

When the people saw that Jesus had fed them all with five loaves and two fish, they considered it to be a miraculous sign of Jesus's authority from God. And the people began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Then Jesus realized that the people were about to come and make Him king by force. And so, when evening came, Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him, back across the sea toward Capernaum. Jesus stayed behind and dismissed the crowds. And after they departed, Jesus went up on the mountain to pray by Himself.

See John 6:14-17; Matthew 14:22-23; Mark 6:45-46

Notes: The Gospel of Mark records that the boat was sailing to Bethsaida, but the Gospels of Matthew and John record that Jesus and His disciples were already in Bethsaida and that the boat was sailing toward Capernaum.

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