马可福音 3:14

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

他選立了十二個人，稱他們為使徒（有些抄本無“稱他們為使徒”一句），要他們跟自己常在一起，好差遣他們去傳道，

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 就 设 立 十 二 个 人 ， 要 他 们 常 和 自 己 同 在 ， 也 要 差 他 们 去 传 道 ，

Contextual Overview

¹³ Then Jesus went up on a mountain and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. ¹⁴ Jesus chose twelve and called them apostles. He wanted them to be with him, and he wanted to send them out to preach ¹⁵ and to have the authority to force demons out of people. ¹⁶ These are the twelve men he chose: Simon (Jesus named him Peter), ¹⁷ James and John, the sons of Zebedee (Jesus named them Boanerges, which means "Sons of Thunder"), ¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who later turned against Jesus. ²⁰ Then Jesus went home, but again a crowd gathered. There were so many people that Jesus and his followers could not eat. ²¹ When his family heard this, they went to get him because they thought he was out of his mind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he ordained: John 15:16, Acts 1:24, Acts 1:25, Galatians 1:1, Galatians 1:15-20

and: Luke 9:1-6, Luke 10:1-11, Luke 24:47, Acts 1:8

Reciprocal: Joshua 4:4 - prepared Matthew 10:1 - called Mark 6:7 - the twelve Acts 14:23 - they had

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Now the snake was the most clever of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day the snake said to the woman, "Did God really say that you must not eat fruit from any tree in the garden?"

Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your descendants and her descendants will be enemies. One of her descendants will crush your head, and you will bite his heel."

Genesis 3:20
The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

Genesis 9:6
"Whoever kills a human being will be killed by a human being, because God made humans in his own image.

Leviticus 20:25
So you must treat clean animals and birds differently from unclean animals and birds. Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these unclean birds or animals or things that crawl on the ground, which I have made unclean for you.

Psalms 72:9
Let the people of the desert bow down to him, and make his enemies lick the dust.

Isaiah 29:4
You will be pulled down and will speak from the ground; I will hear your voice rising from the ground. It will sound like the voice of a ghost; your words will come like a whisper from the dirt.

Isaiah 65:25
Wolves and lambs will eat together in peace. Lions will eat hay like oxen, and a snake on the ground will not hurt anyone. They will not hurt or destroy each other on all my holy mountain," says the Lord .

Micah 7:17
They will crawl in the dust like a snake, like insects crawling on the ground. They will come trembling from their holes to the Lord our God and will turn in fear before you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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, for this constitution of them was before that mission, and was in order to it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Mark 3:14. He ordained twelve — εποιησε, he made twelve. Here is nothing of what we call ordaining. Christ simply appointed them to be with him; and that he might send them occasionally to preach, &c.

To preach — The Codex Bezae, Saxon, and all the Itala, except one, add το ευαγγελιον, the Gospel.