Mark 8:5

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 one, here in the desert, satisfy all these with bread?

6And he directed the multitudes to recline on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and blessed, and brake, and grave to his disciples to set forth; and they set before the multitudes.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:15And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, and said to him: This is a desert place, and the time is gone; send away the throngs of people, that they may go to the villages, and buy themselves food.

Mark 6:38And he said to them: Go, see how many loaves ye have here. And when they had seen, they say 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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