However, some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
Howbeit, &c.--"Howbeit," adds the Evangelist, in a lively parenthesis, "there came other boats from Tiberias" (which lay near the southwest coast of the lake), whose passengers were part of the multitude that had followed Jesus to the east side, and been miraculously fed; these boats were fastened somewhere (says the Evangelist) nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had...
23. Near the place where they had eaten bread. The meaning of the words is doubtful; for they may be explained, either that Tiberias was near the place where Christ had fed them with five loaves, or that the ships reached the shore which was near and below that place.
Verse 23. There came other boats. After the disciples had departed. This is added because, from what follows, it appears that they supposed that he had entered one of those boats and gone to Capernaum after his disciples had departed. From Tiberias. This town stood on the western borders of the lake, not far from where the miracle had been wrought.