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11 aAnd the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried out, saying, b“You are the Son of God.”  
12 But aHe sternly warned them that they should not make Him known.  

The Twelve Apostles

13 aAnd He went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted. And they came to Him.  
14 Then He appointed twelve,1 that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach,  
15 and to have1 power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:  
16 Simon, ato whom He gave the name Peter;  
17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, “Sons of Thunder”;
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite;
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house.

A House Divided Cannot Stand

20 Then the multitude came together again, aso that they could not so much as eat bread.  
21 But when His aown people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, bfor they said, “He is out of His mind.”  
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Barnes' Notes
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Mark 3:13-19

For an account of the appointment of the apostles, see the notes at Matthew 10:1-4.

And calleth unto him whom he would - Those whom he chose; whom he was about to appoint to the apostleship. See the notes at John 15:16.

Mark 3:14

He ordained twelve - The word rendered "ordained" here does not express our notion of ordination to the ministry. It means, literally, "he made" - that is, he "appointed" twelve to be with him.

Twelve - The reason why "twelve" were chosen was, probably, that such a number would be deemed competent witnesses of what they saw; that they could not be easily charged with being excited by sympathy, or being deluded, as a multitude might; and that, being destined to go into all the world, a considerable number seemed indispensable. Perhaps, also, there was some reference to the fact that "twelve" was the number of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Mark 3:17

Boanerges - This word is made up of two Hebrew words signifying "sons of thunder," meaning that they, on some accounts, "resembled" thunder. See the notes at Matthew 1:1. It is not known why this name was given to James and John. They are nowhere else called by it. Some suppose it was because they wished to call down fire from heaven and consume a certain village of the Samaritans, Luke 9:54. It is, however, more probable that it was on account of something fervid, and glowing, and powerful in their genius and eloquence.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Mark 3:13:

Matthew 10:2

 

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