Matthew 14:22 Commentary - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Verse 22Constrained. There was but one boat, or ship, as it is called, (John 6:22,) and the disciples seem to have been unwilling to leave Jesus without any apparent means of rejoining them. But the crisis was one of considerable excitement and danger, and special precautions to effect the quiet dispersion of the people, seem to have been rendered necessary by the high state of excitement which prevailed among them, as is stated John 6:14,15. John the Baptist, the great favorite of the people, had just been murdered by Herod; and Jesus himself was seeking, in these solitudes, a refuge from his cruelty. These facts, in connection with the miracle, produced such an excitement in this assembly, as to lead them to form the design of forcing Jesus to head them in an insurrection against Herod's authority. Under these circumstances, it is not surprising that the disciples were reluctant to leave their Master in such a place, and the object of such an excitement, and without any apparent means of returning across the lake to his friends.
Consult other comments:
Matthew 14:22 - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Matthew 14:22 - The Greek Testament
Matthew 14:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Matthew 14:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Matthew 14:22 - Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament
Matthew 14:22 - Calvin's Complete Commentary
Matthew 14:22 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Matthew 14:22 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Matthew 14:22 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Matthew 14:22 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Matthew 14:22 - Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 14:22 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 14:22 - Everett's Study Notes on the Holy Scriptures
Matthew 14:22 - The Expositor’s Greek Testament by Robertson
Matthew 14:22 - F.B. Meyer's Through the Bible Commentary
Matthew 14:22 - Discovering Christ In Selected Books of the Bible
Matthew 14:22 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Matthew 14:22 - McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries (New Testament)
Matthew 14:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Matthew 14:22 - Gnomon of the New Testament
Matthew 14:22 - William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament
Matthew 14:22 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
Matthew 14:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 14:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary
Matthew 14:22 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Matthew 14:22 - The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
Matthew 14:22 - A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical by Lange
Matthew 14:22 - Lightfoot Commentary Gospels
Matthew 14:22 - Neighbour's Wells of Living Water
Matthew 14:22 - Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer's New Testament Commentary
Matthew 14:22 - The People's Bible by Joseph Parker
Matthew 14:22 - Peake's Commentary on the Bible
Matthew 14:22 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Matthew 14:22 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Matthew 14:22 - The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Matthew 14:22 - The Bible of the Expositor and the Evangelist by Riley
Matthew 14:22 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
Matthew 14:22 - Ryle's Expository Thoughts on the Gospels
Matthew 14:22 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Matthew 14:22 - Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible
Matthew 14:22 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 14:22 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Matthew 14:22 - You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series by Bob Utley
Matthew 14:22 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Matthew 14:22 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Abbott's Illustrated New Testament

The electronic edition of John S. C. Abbott and Jacob Abbott's The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; Translated Out of the Original Greek, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised; with Explanatory Notes has been produced from a copy of the printed text published by O. A. Browning and Company (Toledo, OH, 1878). The title on the spine of the book is Abbott's Illustrated New Testament, and on the half-title page, The Pictorial New Testament; with Notes; by Jacob and John S. C. Abbott.