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 feel sorry for this crowd. They have been here with me now for three days and they do not have any food. 3I do not want to send them back to their homes while they are hungry. They might fall down during their journey because they are weak. Some of them have travelled a long way to come here.’ The disciples replied, ‘This place is far from any houses. We cannot get enough bread to feed all these people.’ 5‘How many loaves of bread do you have?’ Jesus asked. ‘We have seven loaves,’ they replied. 6Jesus told the crowd that they should sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves in his hands and he thanked God for them. Then he broke the bread and he gave the pieces to his disciples. The disciples gave the bread to the people.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• disciplesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• From whenceπόθενpothen · whenceG4159
• canδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• a manτιςtis · oneG5100
• satisfyχορτάζωchortazō · to feedG5526
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• with breadἄρτοςartos · breadG740
• hereὧδεhōde · hereG5602
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the wildernessἐρημίαerēmia · desertG2047

Cross-references for Mark 8:4

• Mark 6:36The people do not have anything to eat. So send them away now. Tell them to go to the farms and villages that are near here. Then they can buy some food for themselves to eat.’
• Numbers 11:21Moses said to the Lord, ‘There are 600,000 men here. But you have said, “I will give to them meat to eat for a whole month.”
• 2 Kings 4:42One day, a man came from Baal Shalishah. He brought 20 bread loaves for the man of God. The flour for the bread was made from the first barley that he had picked at harvest time. He also brought some fresh grain. Elisha said, ‘Give this food to the people to eat.’
• 2 Kings 7:2The special officer who was near to the king said to the man of God, ‘That will never happen! Even if the Lord opens the skies and sends us rain, it could not happen so soon.’ Elisha said, ‘You yourself will see this happen, but you will not eat any of the food!’
• Psalms 78:19They spoke against God, and they said, ‘Can God give us food to eat here in the wilderness?
• Matthew 15:33The disciples said to Jesus, ‘This place is a long way from any houses. We cannot get enough bread here to feed so many people.’
• John 6:7Philip answered, ‘A man could work for eight months to get 200 silver coins. But he still would not have enough money to buy bread for all these people. There would not be enough bread for each person here to have even a little 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

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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