Joh 6:16 | RWP | e4.org | When evening came ( ως οψια εγενετο ). "The late hour" ( ωρα understood), and so in late Greek the adjective is used as a substantive. It is late evening (real evening), not the early evening in mid-afternoon ( ). The disciples were in no hurry to start back to Bethsaida in Galilee ( ), Capernaum in John ( ).

‏ John 6:16

When evening came ( ως οψια εγενετο ). "The late hour" ( ωρα understood), and so in late Greek the adjective is used as a substantive. It is late evening (real evening), not the early evening in mid-afternoon (Mt 14:15). The disciples were in no hurry to start back to Bethsaida in Galilee (Mr 6:45), Capernaum in John (Joh 6:17).