JOHN 6:14-15 NKJV

Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.

JOHN 6:14-15 NKJV

John 6:14 The Prophet is a reference to Deut. 18:15. The men’s statement does not necessarily indicate that they believed Jesus was the Messiah. Some made a distinction between the Prophet and the Messiah (compare 1:20, 21). The bread (v. 11) may have reminded them of Moses and manna. Thus they concluded that Jesus was the Prophet that Moses had foretold.

John 6:15 make Him king: Moses had not only miraculously provided food for the Israelites, he had also led them out of bondage in Egypt. Perhaps these men felt that Jesus could lead them out of bondage to the Romans. Christ was at the zenith of His popularity, and the temptation to take the kingdom without the Cross must have been great (Matt. 4:8–10). The parallel passages say that He went to the mountain by Himself to pray (Matt. 14:23; Mark 6:46). Here is our greatest resource in times of testing.