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Mark 8:4

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

KJV

καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι πόθεν τούτους δυνήσεταί τις ὧδε χορτάσαι ἄρτων ἐπ’ ἐρημίας;

Greek NT

Et responderunt ei discipuli sui : Unde illos quis poterit saturare panibus in solitudine ?

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πόθεν
pothen
adverb · 29×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
χορτάζω
chortazo
verb · 15×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἄρτος
artos
noun · 97×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐρημία
eremia
noun · 4×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὧδε
ode
adverb · 60×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ὅτι | WH/Treg/NIV: ὅτι
  • ὅτιSBLGNT
  • ὅτιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 7:2 — Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine ey
  • John 6:7 — Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
  • Mark 6:36 — Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
  • Mark 6:52 — For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
  • Matt 4:4 — But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
  • Matt 14:17 — And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
  • Matt 15:33 — And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
  • Matt 15:33 — And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
  • Num 11:13 — Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
  • Num 11:21 — And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
  • Ps 78:19 — Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?