Mark 6:7

And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; For the exposition, see the notes at ; Matthew 10:5....

7-13 Though the apostles were conscious to themselves of great weakness, and expected no wordly advantage, yet, in obedience to their Master, and in dependence upon his strength, they went out. They did not amuse people with curious matters, but told them they must repent of their sins, and turn to God. The servants of Christ may hope to turn many from darkness unto God, and to heal souls by the power of the Holy Ghost....

Verse Mark 6:7. _BY TWO AND TWO_] That they might _encourage_ and _support_ each other; and to show that _union_ among the ministers of the Gospel is essential to the promotion of the cause of truth. Luke 10:1, Luke 10:1....

AND HE CALLED UNTO HIM THE TWELVE - See the notes at Matthew 10:1. AND BEGAN TO SEND THEM FORTH BY TWO AND TWO - In order that they might “support” and “encourage” each other in their work. Amid the trials and opposition with which they would meet, mutual counsel and aid would greatly lighten their burdens and alleviate their calamities. Mutual counsel might also contribute to their success, and lead to “united” plans to advance the kingdom of the Redeemer. Jesus here, as in all the work of religion, consulted at the same time the “happiness” and the “usefulness” of his disciples; nor are they ever separated. Whatever contributes to the “usefulness” of his people produces also their happiness; or, in other words, the secret of being happy is to be “useful.”...

EXPOSITION MARK 6:1 Our Lord now left the neighbourhood of Capernaum, and came INTO HIS OWN COUNTRY, the district of Nazareth, where he had been, not born indeed, but brought up, and where his kinsfolk after the flesh still lived. Nazareth would be about a day's journey from Capernaum. This was not the first public exercise of his ministry at Nazareth. Of that and its results St. Luke gives us the account (Luke 4:16). It would seem reasonable to suppose that, after the fame which he had now acquired, he should again visit the place where he had been brought up. His sisters were still living there. St. Mark here again uses the historical present ἔρχεται, "he cometh," for which there is better authority than for ἧλθεν_. _HIS

AND HE CALLED UNTO HIM THE TWELVE,.... "His twelve disciples", as some copies read; whom he had before called by his grace, and had appointed and ordained them his apostles, but had not yet publicly sent forth; in order to which, he now called them to him, and gave them their commission, qualifications, and instructions: AND BEGAN TO SEND THEM FORTH BY TWO AND TWO: he first sent forth one couple, and then another; the reason of his sending them by pairs, was partly for the sake of company, and that they might be useful and assisting to one another; and partly to show their agreement in doctrine; and that they might be proper and sufficient witnesses of it, whereby it might be established; and the rather, being thus sent by pairs into different parts, their message would be the sooner dispatched, than if they had all went together: AND GAVE THEM POWER OVER UNCLEAN SPIRITS; that is, to c...

CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Servant rejected in Nazareth. (Mark 6:1. Matthew 13:54; Luke 4:16)_ 2. The Servant sends forth the Twelve. (Mark 6:7 .Matthew 10:5; Luke 9:1) 3. King Herod troubled. (Mark 6:14. Matthew 14:1; Luke 9:7)...

THE MISSIONARY ACTIVITY OF THE TWELVE. Wellhausen is sceptical as to the historic worth of this paragraph, as also of the section on the appointment of the Twelve. But Mk.'s view, that the disciples were not sent out to evangelize until they had been with Jesus some time (_cf. Mark 3:14_), is probable, as is also his view that their evangelistic activities ended when Jesus Himself withdrew from Galilee. He is clearly convinced that this missionary work of the Twelve was a real event which influenced the course of the history. Apparently it drew Herod's attention to Jesus (Mark 6:14), and the return of the Twelve initiates a new development in the life of Jesus, viz. His wish for retirement (Mark 6:30 points back to...

WITHOUT HONOR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY (Mark 6:1-6)...

CALLED. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "calleth". TWO AND TWO. Greek. _duo duo_, Modern critics object that it is not good Greek to repeat the cardinal number for. distributive numeral. But it is found in Aeschylus and Sophocles, and in the _Oxyrhynchus Papyri_ (Nos. 121 and 886). See Deisamann's Light, pp 124, 125. POWER. authority. App-172. SPIRITS. Greek plural _of pneuma._ See App-101....