Mark 8:4
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And his disciples answered him: From whence can any one fill them here with bread in the wilderness?

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Mark 6:36,37,52 Send them away, that going into the next villages and towns, they may buy themselves meat to eat. . . .

Numbers 11:21-23 And Moses said: There are six hundred thousand footmen of this people, and sayest thou: I will give them flesh to eat a whole month? . . .

2 Kings 4:42-44 And a certain man came from Baalsalisa, bringing to the man of God, bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and new corn in his scrip. And he said: Give to the people, that they may eat. . . .

2 Kings 7:2 Then one of the lords, upon whose hand the king leaned, answering the man of God, said: If the Lord should make flood-gates in heaven, can that possibly be which thou sayest? And he said: Thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

Psalm 78:19,20 And they spoke ill of God: they said: Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? . . .

Matthew 15:33 And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude?

John 6:7-9 Philip answered him: Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them that every one may take a little. . . .

Context
The Feeding of the Four Thousand
3And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way: for some of them came from afar off. 4And his disciples answered him: From whence can any one fill them here with bread in the wilderness? 5And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? Who said: Seven.…
Cross References
Mark 8:3
And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way: for some of them came from afar off.

Mark 8:5
And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? Who said: Seven.

Lexicon
His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

disciples
μαθηταὶ (mathētai)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3101: A learner, disciple, pupil. From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil.

replied,
ἀπεκρίθησαν (apekrithēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.

“Where
Πόθεν (Pothen)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 4159: From the base of posis with enclitic adverb of origin; from which or what place, state, source or cause.

in
ἐπ’ (ep’)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

this desolate place
ἐρημίας (erēmias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2047: A desert place, desert, uninhabited region. From eremos; solitude.

could
δυνήσεταί (dynēsetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1410: (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.

anyone
τις (tis)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

[find enough] bread
ἄρτων (artōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 740: Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf.

to feed
χορτάσαι (chortasai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 5526: To feed, satisfy, fatten. From chortos; to fodder, i.e. to gorge.

all these [people]?”
τούτους (toutous)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.


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

And His disciples answered Him, "From where will anyone be able to satisfy these with bread, here in this desolate place?"

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

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

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

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

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

"Where can we possibly get bread here in this remote place to satisfy such a crowd?" answered His disciples.

His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"

And his disciples answered him, 'Whence shall any one be able these here to feed with bread in a wilderness?'
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