Mark 8:4 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 8:4

His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert place?

KJV

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

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Commentary

5 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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?

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1107)

After the Lord had performed the former miracle concerning the multiplication of the loaves, now again, a fitting occasion presents itself, and He takes the opportunity of working a similar miracle; wherefore it is said, In those days, the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and, saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

In our Father's house, in our Master's house, there is bread enough, and to spare; there is a fulness in Christ, which he communicates to all that passes through his hands; so that from it we receive, and grace for grace, John i. Those need not fear wanting, that have Christ to live upon.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

Once more we see our Lord feeding a great multitude with a few loaves and fish. He knew the heart of man. He saw the rise of cavilers and skeptics, who would question the reality of the wonderful works He performed. By repeating the mighty miracle here recorded, He stops the mouth of all who are not wilfully blind to evidence. Publicly, and before four thousand witnesses, He shows His almighty power a second time. Let us observe in this passage how great is the kindness and compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ .

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ἀπεκρίθησαν	apekrithēsan	answered	G611 →
αὐτῷ	autō	Him	G846 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
μαθηταὶ	mathētai	disciples	G3101 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
πόθεν	pothen	From where	G4159 →
τούτους	toutous	these	G3778 →
δυνήσεταί	dunēsetai	will be able	G1410 →
τις	tis	anyone	G5100 →
ὧδε	hōde	here	G5602 →
χορτάσαι	chortasai	to satisfy	G5526 →
ἄρτων	artōn	with bread	G740 →
ἐπ᾽	ep᾽	in	G1909 →
ἐρημίας;	erēmias	this desolate place?	G2047 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 6:52
for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.
leads to
- Mark 8:17–21
  Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?
- Luke 24:25
  Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
- Isaiah 63:17
  Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
- Mark 16:14
  Later, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
- Matthew 16:9–11
  Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
Through
Matthew 15:33
The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
leads to
- Mark 6:37
  But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”
- Mark 8:4–5
  His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”
- Matthew 14:15
  When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves…