Mark 8:5

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

Mark 8:5 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:5

And he asked them, how many loaves have ye?
&c.] (See Gill on Matthew 15:34);

and they said, seven.
Matthew adds, "and a few little fishes", which are here afterwards mentioned.

Mark 8:5 In-Context

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.

7 And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed, he said to set them also before [them];