Mark 3:15

15 and to have power [to heal diseases, and] to cast 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 And he goes up into the mountain, and calls whom he himself would, and they went to him.

14 And he appointed twelve that they might be with him, and that he might send them to preach,

15 and to have power [to heal diseases, and] to cast out demons.

16 And he gave to Simon the surname of Peter;

17 and James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he gave them the surname of Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder;

Footnotes

• [a]. Exousia: see Note, Matt. 10.1.