Luke 9:1

The Twelve Commissioned and Sent Out

1 And summoning the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all the demons and to cure 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 And summoning the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases,

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

3 And he said to them, "Take along nothing for the journey--neither a staff, nor a traveler's bag, nor bread, nor money, nor to have two tunics apiece.

4 And into whatever house you enter, stay there and depart from there.

5 And [as for] all those who do not welcome you--[when you] depart from that town, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."