Mark 8:4
2 “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
3 If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”
His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”
5 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.
6 And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”
- KJV
- And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
- WEB
- His disciples answered him, “From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?”
- ASV
- And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert place?
- DARBY
- And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a desert place?
- BLB
- And His disciples answered Him, “From where will anyone be able to satisfy these with loaves here in a wilderness?”
- ÅB
- Og hans disipler svarte ham: Hvorfra kan noen få brød nok til å mette disse her i ørkenen?
- OTB
- Hans disipler svarte ham: "Hvor kan noen finne nok brød her i denne øde stedet til å mette dem?"
- B1930
- Og hans disipler svarte ham: Hvorfra kan nogen få brød nok til å mette disse her i ørkenen?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 6:52
for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.
Read in contextMatthew 15:33
The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
Read in contextPsalms 78:19–20
They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
Read in contextMark 6:36–37
Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
Read in contextNumbers 11:21–23
But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
Read in contextJohn 6:7–9
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
Read in context2 Kings 7:2
But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
Read in context2 Kings 4:42–44
Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
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