Mark 3:14

14 And he ordeyned ye .xii. that they shuld be wt him and that he myght sende the to preache:

Mark 3:14 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 3:14

And he ordained twelve
Or made, constituted, and appointed twelve men, out of those he called to him. The Arabic version adds, "and called them apostles"; which seems to be taken out of ( Luke 6:13 ) .

That they should be with him;
constantly, in private and in public; be taken into his family, and reckoned such; be his familiars, and privy to all his affairs; hear all his discourses, and see his miracles; that so they might be trained up and fitted for the great work he designed them for:

and that he might send them forth to preach;
the Gospel in Judea first, and then in all the world: for he did not at this time send them to preach, only chose; called, and appointed them; and after they had been with him some time, and were better qualified for such service, he sent them forth, as in ( Matthew 10:1 Matthew 10:5 ) , for this constitution of them was before that mission, and was in order to it.

Mark 3:14 In-Context

12 And he straygtly charged them that they shuld not vtter him.

13 And he wet vp into a mountayne and called vnto him whom he wolde and they came vnto him.

14 And he ordeyned ye .xii. that they shuld be wt him and that he myght sende the to preache:

15 and that they might have power to heale syknesses and to cast out devyls.

16 And he gave vnto Simon to name Peter.