Mark 8:4

His disciples say to him: Whence can one, here in the desert, satisfy all these with bread?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 to their homes fasting, they will faint by the way: for some of them have come from a great distance.

5And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? They say to him, Seven.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:33His disciples say to him: Whence can we get bread in the wilderness, to satisfy all this multitude?

Mark 6:52For they did not learn by the bread; because their heart was stupid.

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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