Cheryl Schatz

I agree with most of what you wrote, except that I do think that “ego eimi” or “I AM” was a reference to His Deity. Only as the “I AM” could take control of the water as He did. I would also like to add one comment to verse 21. Jesus would later repeat many more “I AM” statements later in John 6 that also refer to His Deity.

John 6:21 (NASB)
21 So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

Notice here that “they were willing” to receive Him. The Greek word is “thelo” which means to be willing, desire, wish to have. It is interesting that John makes this note because he could have left it out. It is an important note that the disciple’s were made willing by the Lord identifying Himself and His command for them not to continue to fear.

This is quite a bit of fun, isn’t it to go verse by verse?

John 6:22–25 (NASB)

22 The next day the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus had not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone.
23 There came other small boats from Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.
25 When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”

The crowd had paid attention that there had only been one boat and that Jesus had not entered that boat with His disciples. They didn’t understand that another miracle had taken place. But they were very curious as to what had happened to Jesus and they went looking for Him. They boarded the boats that had arrived from Tiberias in order to look for Jesus on the other side.

Over to you Mark.