When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world."
I. The difficulty analyzed.  An immense throng of five thousand men, besides women and children, had followed Christ to an uninhabited area on the northeastern shore of Galilee.  A. The situation was aggravated by the absence of markets and insufficient money.  B. The Saviour's bold claim that he was indeed "that prophet like unto Moses" had provoked the memory of how God had fed Israel in the wilderness; and that memory turned all eyes upon Christ with the question, "Could he do it?"  C. Bitter enemies of the Lord hoped for his downfall; and they must have gloated that he had at last been trapped into a situation from which there could have been no recovery.  D. Added to all this was the wavering attitude of the apostles themselves who seemed to hold the solution impossible.