Mark 8:4

And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert place?

Revised Version 1895

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 home, they will faint in the way; and some of them are come from far.

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

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Cross References

Numbers 11:21And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

2 Kings 7:2Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

Matthew 15:33And the disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place, as to fill so great a multitude?

Mark 6:52for they understood not concerning the loaves, but 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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