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Mark 6:7

Mark 6:7

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

At we had the account of our Lord's selection of the twelve. Here we find the notice of their being first sent forth. Their names have already been recorded. He gave them authority—mark the imperfect ( ἐδίδου)—over unclean spirits.

St. Matthew () adds, "and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease." But St. Mark here fixes the attention upon the great central object of Christ's mission—to contend against evil in every form, and especially to grapple with Satan in his stronghold in the hearts of men.

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