Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 6:15

"Jesus therefore perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again into the mountain himself alone." — John 6:15 (ASV)

When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, To make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

What, could he not have used his kingship for the best of purposes? Might he not easily have routed the Romans, restored Israel to all her glory, conquered the Gentiles, and subdued the world, and set up a glorious church and state, with himself for the king, and himself at the head of the church?

Ah, that has been the idol of a great many, and, like a will-o'-the-wisp, it has led many of the true people of God into bogs and sloughs, where they were likely to be lost.

But our Master knew better than this and was not to be tempted away from the true method by which his church is to be set up in the world. Therefore, he departed again into a mountain himself, alone.