When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, 

"This truly is the Prophet who is to come into the world." 

Therefore, when Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

John 6:14-15 CSB

The people saw the sign, and they saw Jesus for who he was. 

(my Bible makes a ref back to Deut 18 and God saying he will raise up a prophet from God).

They had seen past the sign to where the sign was pointing.

The people were so convinced they wanted to make him King.

They would've been snapchatting eating bread and fish, #makeJesusking would be everywhere.

Hard to resist the pull of the crowd.

But that's just what Jesus did - he just headed up to the mountain on his own.

I wonder what the people did?

Their hope for a saviour had just disappeared.

Maybe some got angry at the disciples, but my guess is that they all eventually wandered home disappointed and a bit disillusioned.

Jesus wasn't working to the people's timeline, what they wanted, when they wanted it. 

Popularity.

Fame.

Accolades.

Power. 

Numbers.

He was not interested in that. 

There was something else going on, and it seems it's not found in the cheering crowd wanting him to be king, but alone on the mountain.

#wheretheFatherisfound