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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Alexandria
These men follow Him, marvelling perchance at His miracles, yet not receiving any profit from them unto the duty of faith, but as though they were making some return to the Wonder-worker by merely bestowing on Him a not undesired praise. For this is a dreary disease of a mind and soul which is never accustomed to be led to the choice of what is profitable for her. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
The people, having come to this conclusion and having found other boats that had arrived from the other side, got into them and crossed over to Capernaum.
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
888 The people were eager to find Christ. First, he shows how they looked for him; secondly, how they questioned him after they found him (v 25). 889 He says, When the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they got into the boats, which had come from Tiberias, looking for Jesus; and this is praiseworthy: "Search for the Lord while he can be found" (Is 55:6); "Seek the Lord, and your soul will have life" (Ps 68:33).
Bonaventure
"When therefore the crowd had seen that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples": and they themselves had come on account of Jesus: "they boarded the boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus": they sought him therefore because he had fed them in his presence, according to that saying of Sirach: "They who eat me shall yet hunger." On wood they sought him who wrought salvation, according to that saying of Wisdom fourteen: "Men entrust their souls to a small piece of wood, and crossing the sea on a raft, are delivered."
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