Mark 3:15

15 and to have authority to expel 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 went up on the mountain and summoned [those] whom he wanted, and they came to him.

14 And he appointed twelve, so that they would be with him and so that he could send them out to preach

15 and to have authority to expel demons.

16 And he appointed the twelve. And to Simon he gave the name Peter,

17 and James the [son] of Zebedee and John the brother of James (and he gave to them the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder"),