A.T. Robertson Commentary John 6:23

"(howbeit there came boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks):" — John 6:23 (ASV)

Howbeit (αλλα). Verse 23 is really an explanatory parenthesis in this long sentence. Tiberias, capital of Herod Antipas, diagonally across the lake, is only mentioned in John in the N.T. (6:1,23; 21:1).

Boats (πλοια). Called "little boats" (πλοιαρια) in verse 24.