Mark 8:4

4 And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

Mark 8:4 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:4

And his disciples answered him
The Syriac version renders it, "say unto him"; and the Persic and Ethiopic, "said unto him"; forgetting the late miracle of feeding five thousand with five loaves and two fishes, when they had now a less number, and more provisions:

from whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the
wilderness?
from what place, and by what ways and means can it be thought, that such a quantity of bread can be got at any rate in a desert, as to satisfy so large a number of hungry men? (See Gill on Matthew 15:33).

Mark 8:4 In-Context

2 I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

3 If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.

4 And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

5 And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.

6 And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people.