Mark 8:4

Mark 8:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
• New International Version (NIV)His disciples answered, “But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And his disciples answered him, "How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then His disciples answered Him, “How can one satisfy these people with bread here in the wilderness?”

Context of Mark 8:4

2“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. 3If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.” His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?” 5“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied. 6And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.

Mark 8:4 word by word

Καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι πόθεν τούτους δυνήσεταί τις ὧδε χορτάσαι ἄρτων ἐπ᾽ ἐρημίας;Read the interlinear

• ·καίkai · andG2532
• Hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• repliedἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Whereπόθενpothen · whenceG4159
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• this desolate placeἐρημίαerēmia · desertG2047
• this desolate placeὧδεhōde · hereG5602
• couldδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• anyoneτιςtis · oneG5100
• breadἄρτοςartos · breadG740
• to feedχορτάζωchortazō · to feedG5526
• all theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778

Cross-references for Mark 8:4

• Mark 6:36Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
• Numbers 11:21But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
• 2 Kings 4:42Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
• 2 Kings 7:2But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
• Psalms 78:19They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
• Matthew 15:33The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
• John 6:7Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”

Commentaries on Mark 8:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4etc. - See on Matthew 14:14; (note); Matthew 15:35.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-9Verses 1-9 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:32-39. Mark 8:1 In those days - While in the wilderness, where he had cured the deaf-mute man. Having nothing to eat - Having come unprovided, or having consumed what they had brought. Mark 8:2 I have compassions - I pity their condition. I am disposed to relieve them. Mark 8:9 Four thousand - Four thousand “men,” besides women and children. See Matthew 15:38. See this passage explained in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The disciples' question shows their lack of understanding. They knew God provided manna in the wilderness during the time of Moses (Exodus 16). They were now with someone much greater than Moses (see Mark 9:5–7). They had recently seen him feed more people in a similar situation (6:30–44). But they still did not understand (compare 6:52). Even so, Jesus used them to provide physical and spiritual food to the hungry (8:6–8). What they could not do alone…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?--Though the question here is the same as when He fed the five thousand, they evidently now meant no more by it than that they had not the means of feeding the multitude; modestly leaving the Lord to decide what was to be done. And this will the more appear from His not now trying them, as before, by saying, "They need not depart, give ye them to eat"; but simply asking what they…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 8:4

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

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Commentaries on Mark 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings