Howbeit (alla). Verse 23 is really an explanatory parenthesis in this long sentence. Tiberias, capital of Herod Antipas, diagonally across the lake, is only mentioned in John in the N.T. ( Mark 6:1Mark 6:23 ; Mark 21:1 ). Boats (ploia). Called "little boats" (ploiaria) in verse 6:24 .