When Jesus perceived, etc. They were satisfied by the miracle that he was the Messiah. They supposed that the Messiah was to be a temporal…

When Jesus therefore perceived... John has told us of the effect of the sign on the multitude. He also knows the reason f…

Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. When Jesu…

The Venerable Bede: The crowd, concluding from such a great miracle that He was merciful and powerful, wanted to make Him a kin…

The desire of the multitude to make Jesus king marks both the height of his popularity and the moment of decision for him. They wanted someone to r…

To make him a king. When those men intended to give Christ the title and honor of king, there was some basis for what they did. But they e…

When Jesus therefore perceived
As being the omniscient God, who knew their hearts, and the secret thoughts and purpo…

Here were Christ's disciples in the way of duty, and Christ was praying for them; yet they were in distress. There may be perils and afflictions of…

1. Previously, the Evangelist told us about the miracle of the loaves and fishes. Now he shows the threefold effect this miracle had on the …