Mark 3:14

He is now on the hill top, surrounded by a body of disciples, perhaps some scores, picked out from the great mass of followers. καὶ ἐποίησε δώδεκα : and He made, constituted as a compact body, Twelve, by a second selection. For use of ποιεῖν in this sense vide 1 Samuel 12:6; Acts 2:36; Hebrews 3:2. God “made” Jesus as Jesus “made” the Twelve. What the process of “making” in the case of the Twelve consisted in we do not know. It might take place after days of close intercourse on the hill. ἵνα ὦσιν μετʼ αὐτοῦ, that they might be (constantly) with Him; first and very important aim of the making, mentioned only by Mk training contemplated. ἵνα ἀποστέλλῃ : to send them out on a preaching and healing mission, also in view, but only after a while. This verb frequent in Mk. Note the absence of τοῦ before κηρύσσειν and ἔχειν (Mark 3:15).