| 46. Si enim crederetis Moysi, crederetis forsitan et mihi: de me enim ille scripsit. | 46. For if you did believe Moses, you would perhaps believe me also. For he wrote of me. |
46. You would perhaps. See above on [iv. 10].
| 47. Si autem illius litteris non creditis, quomodo verbis meis credetis? | 47. But if you do not believe his writings: how will you believe my words? |
47. This is said because Moses far surpassed Him in their estimation; and with the telling thought, that their own Scriptures, even Moses himself, pointed Him out as their Messias, this weighty discourse ends.
Chapter VI.
1-13. Christ crosses with His disciples to the eastern shore of the sea of Galilee, where He miraculously feeds a multitude with five loaves and two fishes.
14-15. The multitude, moved by the miracle, wish to make Him King, but He withdraws.
16-21. On the night of that same day, as the disciples are crossing to the western side of the lake, a storm rises, and He comes to them, walking upon the waters.