John 6 John 6:1-21. The other evangelists have also given accounts of these transactions. Mark 6:30-53. Luke 9:10-17.) There are only two or three other instances with the exception of the events connected with the closing scenes of the Savior's life, in which John narrates incidents which the other evangelists have recorded. Verse 1 Went over the Sea; probably to avoid the hostility of Herod, as it was immediately after he had beheaded John the Baptist. (Matthew 14:12,13.)