Mark 8:4

Then his disciples answered him, Whence can a man satisfie these with bread here in the wildernes?

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?

In Context

3And if I sende them away fasting to their owne houses, they woulde faint by the way: for some of them came from farre.

5And hee asked them, Howe many loaues haue ye? And they said, Seuen.

Read all of Mark 8

Cross References

Numbers 11:21And Moses saide, Six hundreth thousande footemen are there of the people, among whom I am: and thou saiest, I will giue them flesh, that they may eate a moneth long.

2 Kings 7:2Then a prince, on whose hande the King leaned, answered the man of God, and saide, Though the Lord would make windowes in the heauen, could this thing come to passe? And he said, Beholde, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not eate thereof.

Matthew 15:33And his disciples saide vnto him, Whence should we get so much bread in the wildernes, as should suffice so great a multitude!

Mark 6:52For they had not considered the matter of the loaues, because their hearts were hardened.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Mark 8:4