Mark 8:5

And he asked them, How many loaves have you? They say to him, Seven;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

In Context

4His disciples say to him, Whence can any one here in the wilderness satisfy with bread all these?

6and he directed the multitudes to recline upon the ground, and he took those seven loaves, and blessed and brake and gave to his disciples that they should set, and they set before the assemblies.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:15BUT when it was eventide, his disciples approached him, and said to him, The place is desert, and the time passed over; send away these multitudes of men, that they may go to the villages, and buy for themselves food.

Mark 6:38But he said, Go see how many loaves you have here; and when they had seen, they said to him, Five loaves and two fishes.

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:2-10

Christ Feeds the Four Thousand. 1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: 3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. 4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? 5 And he asked… Read the whole commentary →

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