Mark 8:4

His disciples answered him, Whence can a man here in the desert satisfy these with bread?

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 send them away fasting to their houses, they will faint on the road; for many of them came from a great distance.

5And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:33And his disciples said unto him, Whence can we in the wilderness have loaves enough to satisfy the cravings of so great a multitude?

Mark 6:52For they reflected not upon the loaves, for their heart was 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 →

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