and they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.
      2. Observe whither he retired: He departed again into a mountain, eis to oros--into the mountain, the mountain where he had preached (John 6:3; John 6:3), whence he came down into the plain, to feed the people, and then returned to it alone, to be private. Christ, though so useful in the places of concourse, yet chose sometimes to be alone, to teach us to sequester ourselves from the world now and then, for the more free converse with God and our own souls; and never less alone, says the serious Christian, than when alone. Public services must not jostle out private devotions.