Mark 3:15

15 and to have the authority to force demons out of people.

Mark 3:15 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 3:15

And to have power to heal sicknesses
All manner of corporeal diseases that attend men and women:

and to cast out devils;
from such who were possessed with them: that is, he chose and appointed them to be his apostles, with a view of conferring such powers upon them hereafter; for as yet, they were not vested with them, nor sent out to exercise them; no, not till near twelve months after.

Mark 3:15 In-Context

13 Then Jesus went up on a mountain and called to him the men he wanted, and they came to him.

14 Jesus chose twelve men and called them apostles. He wanted them to be with him, and he wanted to send them out to preach

15 and to have the authority to force demons out of people.

16 These are the twelve men he chose: Simon (Jesus named him Peter),

17 James and John, the sons of Zebedee (Jesus named them Boanerges, which means "Sons of Thunder"),