Luke 9:1

1 Then called he the .xii. to gether and gave them power and auctorite over all devyls and that they myght heale diseases.

Luke 9:1 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:1

Then he called his twelve disciples together
The Persic version reads, "all his twelve disciples", the other nine, besides the three that were with him, when he raised Jairus's daughter, recorded in the foregoing chapter; the Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, "the twelve apostles", for so Christ had named his disciples; (See Gill on Matthew 6:13). The Syriac version only reads, "his own twelve"; and this is agreeably to Luke's way of speaking; see ( Luke 8:1 ) ( 9:12 ) .

And gave them power and authority over all devils;
that is, all kinds of devils, particularly to cast them out of the bodies of men, possessed by them:

and to cure diseases;
of all sorts.

Luke 9:1 In-Context

1 Then called he the .xii. to gether and gave them power and auctorite over all devyls and that they myght heale diseases.

2 And he sent them to preache the kyngdome of God and to cure the sick.

3 And he sayd to them: Take nothinge to sucker you by ye waye: nether staffe nor scripe nether breed nether money nether have twoo cootes.

4 And whatsoever housse ye enter into there abyde and thence departe.

5 And whosoever will not receave you when ye go out of that cite shake of the very dust from youre fete for a testimony agaynst them.