Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
Here is, I. Christ's retirement from the multitude. 1. Observe what induced him to retire; because he perceived that those who acknowledged him to be that prophet that should come into the world would come, and take him by force, to make him a king, Joh 6:15.
Commenting on John 6:15-21
The day following,.... The day after that, in which the miracle of feeding live thousand men with five loaves and two fishes was done: the morning after the disciples had had such a bad voyage: when the people which stood on the other side of the sea; from that in which the disciples now were, being landed at Capernaum; that is, they stood on that...
Verse 21. Immediately. Quickly. Before a long time. How far they were from the land we know not, but there is no evidence that there was a miracle in the case. The word translated immediately does not of necessity imply that there was no interval of time, but that there was not a long interval.