Mark 8:4

4 And His disciples answered Him, "From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?"

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 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 afar."

4 And His disciples answered Him, "From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?"

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

6 And He commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks and broke, and gave to His disciples to set before them; and they set them before the people.