Mark 8:4

4 His disciples answered, “But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?”

Mark 8:4 in Other Translations

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

4 And his disciples answered him, "How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?"

4 His disciples replied, “How are we supposed to find enough food to feed them out here in the wilderness?”

4 His disciples responded, "What do you expect us to do about it? Buy food out here in the desert?"

4 His disciples answered Him, "Where can anyone get enough bread here in this desolate place to fill these people?"

Mark 8:4 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:4

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? (See Gill on Matthew 15:33).

Mark 8:4 In-Context

2 “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat.

3 If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.”

4 His disciples answered, “But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?”

5 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.

6 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so.