Mark Chapter 8 verse 4 Holy Bible
And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert place?
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And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?
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And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a desert place?
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And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
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His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"
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And his disciples answered him, `Whence shall any one be able these here to feed with bread in a wilderness?'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert place? St. Matthew (Matthew 15:33) gives the question thus: "Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place, as to fill so great a multitude?" The disciples, measuring the difficulty by human reason, thought that it was impossible to find so many loaves in the desert. But Christ in this necessity, when human resources fail, supplies Divine; and meanwhile the disciples' estimate of the impossibility illustrates the grandeur of the miracle.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Satisfy.--The verb is the same as the "filled" of Mark 7:27.Here in the wilderness.--The word here, as in Matthew 15:33, is not the one usually employed, and is abstract, not concrete, in its form, suggesting the idea, i.e., of "loneliness;" and through that, of a lonely place. It is used in a like sense in 2Corinthians 11:26; Hebrews 11:38. Like many other abstract words, it seems to have tended to a concrete meaning; but there is always an appreciable shade of difference.
