"And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these {men} with bread here in the wilderness?" — Mark 8:4

Mark 8:4 · KJV

“And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these {men} with bread here in the wilderness?”

— Mark 8:4

Verse 3

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

Verse 5

And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

Mark 8 — Context

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these {men} with bread here in the wilderness?

And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before {them}; and they did set {them} before the people.

Cross References

Matthew 15:33

And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

Mark 6:52

For they considered not {the miracle} of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

Mark 6:36-37

Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

Psalms 78:19-20

Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? {furnish: Heb. order}

John 6:7-9

Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

2 Kings 7:2

Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, {if} the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see {it} with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. {a lord...: Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand}

Numbers 11:21-23

And Moses said, The people, among whom I {am}, {are} six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

2 Kings 4:42-44

And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. {the husk...: or, his scrip, or, garment}