{After these things} (meta tauta). A common, but
indefinite, note of time in John ( 3:22  5:1  6:1  7:1 ). The
phrase does not mean immediate sequence of events. As a matter of
fact, a whole year may intervene between the events of chapter 5
in Jerusalem and those in chapter 6 in Galilee. There is no
sufficient reason for believing that chapter 6 originally
preceded chapter 5. The feeding of the five thousand is the only
event before the last visit to Jerusalem recorded in all Four
Gospels ( Mr 6:30-44  Mt 14:13-21  Lu 9:10-17  Joh 6:1-13 ). The
disciples have returned from the tour of Galilee and report to
Jesus. It was the passover time ( Joh 6:4 ) just a year before
the end. {To the other side of the Sea of Galilee} (peran t(8873)
thalass(8873) t(8873) Galilaias). The name given in Mark and Matthew. It
is called Gennesaret in  Lu 5:1  and "Sea of Tiberias" in  Joh
21:1 . Here "of Tiberias" (	(8873) Tiberiados) is added as further
description. Herod Antipas A.D. 22 built Tiberias to the west of
the Sea of Galilee and made it his capital. See verse  23  for
this city. Luke ( Lu 9:10 ) explains that it was the eastern
Bethsaida (Julias) to which Jesus took the disciples, not the
western Bethsaida of  Mr 6:45  in Galilee.