A.T. Robertson Commentary Mark 8:4

"And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert place?" — Mark 8:4 (ASV)

Here (ωδε). Of all places, in this desert region in the mountains. The disciples feel as helpless as when the five thousand were fed. They do not rise to faith in the unlimited power of Jesus after all that they have seen.