NEW TESTAMENT

John 6:15

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Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

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Verse 15. Saint John here corrects what relates to Jesus, and then what relates to the disciples. For if we attend to the order of time, the apostles got into the boat before Jesus went to the mountain. But, in matters of this nature, it is usual for the historians to follow their own choice. Pol. Synop. critic.

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