Mark 8:4

4 And his disciples answered him, "Where is anyone able to feed these [people] with bread here in the desert?"

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 compassion on the crowd, because they have remained with me three days already and do not have anything to eat.

3 And if I send them away hungry to their homes they will give out on the way, and some of them have come from far away."

4 And his disciples answered him, "Where is anyone able to feed these [people] with bread here in the desert?"

5 And he asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" So they said, "Seven."

6 And he commanded the crowd to recline for a meal on the ground, and taking the seven loaves, [after he] had given thanks he broke [them] and began giving [them] to his disciples so that they could set [them] before [them]. And they set [them] before the crowd.