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Mark 3:14 KJV
Mark · chapter 3 · verse 14
And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,Mark 3:14 · King James Version
Mark 3:14 in context
12And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
13And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
14And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
15And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
16And Simon he surnamed Peter;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ordainedpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- twelvedōdekatwelve, the twelve apostles of Jesus, so called by way of eminenceG1427 →
- sendapostellōto order to go to a place appointed, to send away, dismiss, to allow one to depart, that…G649 →
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In these verses, we have, I. The choice Christ made of the twelve apostles to be his constant followers and attendants, and to be sent abroad as there was occasion, to preach the gospel. Observe, 1. The introduction to this call or promotion of disciples; He goes up into a mountain, and his errand thither was to pray.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-21