Mark 8:4

4 And his disciples answered him, `Whence shall any one be able these here to feed with bread in a 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 upon the multitude, because now three days they do continue with me, and they have not what they may eat;

3 and if I shall let them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way, for certain of them are come from far.'

4 And his disciples answered him, `Whence shall any one be able these here to feed with bread in a wilderness?'

5 And he was questioning them, `How many loaves have ye?' and they said, `Seven.'

6 And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground, and having taken the seven loaves, having given thanks, he brake, and was giving to his disciples that they may set before [them]; and they did set before the multitude.