^6:16Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,²³^6:17got into a boat, and started to cross the lake²⁴ to Capernaum.²⁵ (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)²⁶^6:18By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough. ^6:19Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles,²⁷ they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake,²⁸ approaching the boat, and they were frightened. ^6:20But he said to them, “It is I. Do not be afraid.” ^6:21Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land where they had been heading.

^6:22The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake²⁹ realized that only one small boat³⁰ had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded³¹ it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. ^6:23But some boats from Tiberias³² came to shore³³ near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.³⁴^6:24So when the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats³⁵ and came to Capernaum³⁶ looking for Jesus.

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Footnotes

23 Or “sea.” The Greek word indicates a rather large body of water, but the English word “sea” normally indicates very large bodies of water, so the word “lake” in English is a closer approximation.
24 Or “sea.” See the note on “lake” in the previous verse.
25 For location see ; ; .
26 This is a parenthetical note by the author.
27 Grk “about twenty-five or thirty stades” (a stade as a unit of linear measure is about 607 feet or 187 meters). About three or four miles. The Sea of Galilee was at its widest point 7 mi (11.6 km) by 12 mi (20 km). So at this point the disciples were in about the middle of the lake.
28 Or “sea.” See the note on “lake” in v. . John uses the phrase ἐπί (epi, “on”) followed by the genitive (as in Mark, instead of Matthew’s ἐπί followed by the accusative) to describe Jesus walking “on the lake.”
29 Or “sea.” See the note on “lake” in v. .
30 Most witnesses have after “one” the phrase “which his disciples had entered” (ἐκεῖνο εἰς ὂ ἐνέβησαν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, ekeino eis ho enebēsan hoi mathētai autou) although there are several permutations of this clause ([א* D] Θ [f13 33] 𝔐 [sa]). The witnesses that lack this expression are, however, significant and diffused (𝔓75 א2 A B L N W Ψ 1 565 579 1241 lat). The clarifying nature of the longer reading, the multiple variants from it, and the weighty testimony for the shorter reading all argue against the authenticity of the longer text in any of its variations. Grk “one”; the referent (a small boat) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
31 Grk “entered.”
32 For location see ; ; ; ; .
33 Or “boats from Tiberias landed”; Grk “came.”
34 D 091 a e sys,c lack the phrase “after the Lord had given thanks” (εὐχαριστήσαντος τοῦ κυρίου, eucharistēsantos tou kuriou), while almost all the rest of the witnesses ({𝔓75 א A B L W Θ Ψ 0141 [f1] f13 33 𝔐 as well as several versions and fathers}) have the words (though {l672 l950 syp pbo} read Ἰησοῦ [Iēsou, “Jesus“] instead of κυρίου). Although the shorter reading has minimal support, it is significant that this Gospel speaks of Jesus as Lord in the evangelist’s narrative descriptions only in 11:2; 20:18, 20; 21:12; and possibly 4:1 (but see on “Jesus” there). There is thus but one undisputed preresurrection text in which the narrator calls Jesus “Lord.” This fact can be utilized on behalf of either reading: The participial phrase could be seen as a scribal addition harking back to 6:11 but which does not fit Johannine style, or it could be viewed as truly authentic and in line with what John indisputably does elsewhere even if rarely. On balance, in light of the overwhelming support for these words it is probably best to retain them in the text.
35 Or “embarked in the boats.”
36 For location see ; ; .