Even though they did not cast themselves into the sea like Peter, the other disciples came slowly in the boat to Jesus. Peter should be commended for his zeal, but if everyone had acted like Peter, where would the boat and the fish have been? Both Peter and the boatload of disciples came into Jesus’ presence, maybe at the same time, and Jesus was pleased with both. John’s love for Jesus was no less than Peter’s and yet his response was vastly different. God is not so much impressed with what we do as He is with why we do it (1Sam 16:7).

1 Samuel 16:7  But the LORD said to Samuel, ‘Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

Notice that the Jews do not dispute the rightness of Jesus’ actions, but they do demand a sign to prove His Messianic claim which they fully understood.

Jesus had already given them 2 signs: the action itself and the fact that there was no opposition to His deeds even though He acted alone.

Speaking of which, where were the Temple guards? Why didn’t the vendors defend themselves or their merchandise? Jesus was vastly outnumbered and yet nobody opposed Him. Nobody stands before the wrath of God (Psa 114:5-7). We often think of Jesus as being meek and mild but we need to have our knowledge of Him stretched until we realize that He gets angry when His Father is maligned or His people are kept from coming into a relationship with Him.

Psalms 114:5-7  Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, you mountains, that you skipped like rams, you hills, like lambs? Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,