When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore.
This passage of story we had Mat 14:22, etc., only what was there related concerning Peter, is omitted here. Here we have, I. The dispersing of the assembly; Christ constrained his disciples to go before by ship to Bethsaida, intending to follow them, as they supposed, by land. The people were loth to scatter, so that it cost him some time and pains to send them away.
Commenting on Mark 6:45-56
And when they were come out of the ship,.... Christ and his disciples, and were ashore, straightway they knew him; that is, the men of that place, as in Mat_. 14:35; see Gill on Mat 14:35; and so the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read here, "the inhabitants of that country", the country of Gennesaret; they knew him, having seen and heard him before.
Here observe, 1. The unwearied diligence and industry of our Saviour in going about to do good: he no sooner landeth, but he goeth to Gennesaret, and healeth their sick. It was the great business and constant employment of our Saviour's life to travel from place to place, that he might be useful and beneficial to mankind: he went to those that would not come to him. Observe, 2.