Mark 3:15

15 and to have authority to^[a] drive out demons.

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 He went up the mountain and summoned those He wanted, and they came to Him.

14 He also appointed 12-He also named them apostles-to be with Him, to send them out to preach,

15 and to have authority to drive out demons.

16 He appointed the Twelve: To Simon, He gave the name Peter;

17 and to James the son of Zebedee, and to his brother John, He gave the name "Boanerges" (that is, "Sons of Thunder");

Footnotes

• [a] Other mss add heal diseases, and to