<p>6:22 <i>On the next day the people who remained on the other side of the sea noticed that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone</i>- Incident after incident shows the Lord doing something alone, and then the disciples somehow being presented as doing the same. Take the way He departed &ldquo;himself alone&rdquo; when the crowd wanted to make Him king; and then soon afterwards we read that the crowd perceived that the disciples had likewise departed &lsquo;themselves alone&rsquo; same Greek phrase and construction, Jn. 6:15,22. The point is that the world is presented as perceiving the disciples in the same terms and way as they did Jesus, even when, in this case, Jesus was not physically with them. And we too are to be &ldquo;in Him&rdquo; in our work of witness for Him.</p><p>The incident was intended to teach that the Lord's presence could be achieved without His literal presence at all times. This was to prepare the audience for the amazing promise of the Comforter, that through the Spirit, the Lord could be present as really as He had been during His ministry.</p>