Luke 9:1

The Ministry of the Twelve

1 Then Jesus called the Twelve ^[a] together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases. ¹

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 Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases.

2 And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

3 “Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.

4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that area.

5 If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”

Cross References

• 1. (Matthew 10:5–15; Mark 6:7–13)

Footnotes

• [a] TR His twelve disciples