New American Standard Bible 2020

John 6:14-21

14Therefore when the people saw the 1sign which He had performed, they said, “This is truly the 2Prophet who is to come into the world.”

15So Jesus, aware that they 3intended to come and take Him by force 4to make Him king, 5withdrew again to 6the mountain by Himself, alone.

16Now when evening came, His 7disciples went down to the sea, 17and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea 8to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18In addition, the sea began getting rough, because a strong wind was blowing. 19Then, when they had rowed about 9twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat; and they were frightened. 20But He said to them, “It is I; 10 11do not be afraid.” 21So they were willing to take Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

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Notes

1. John 6:14 I.e., confirming miracle ↩
2. John 6:14 Matt 11:3; 21:11; John 1:21 ↩
3. John 6:15 Or were about ↩
4. John 6:15 John 18:36f ↩
5. John 6:15 John 6:15-21: Matt 14:22-33; Mark 6:45-51 ↩
6. John 6:15 John 6:3 ↩
7. John 6:16 John 2:2 ↩
8. John 6:17 Mark 6:45; John 6:24, 59 ↩
9. John 6:19 Possibly 3-4 miles or 4.8-6.4 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 m ↩
10. John 6:20 Or stop being afraid ↩
11. John 6:20 Matt 14:27 ↩

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