Mark 3:14

New King James Version

Then He appointed twelve, [fn] that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, to send them out to preach,

King James Version (1611)
And he ordeined twelue, that they should be with him, and that hee might send them foorth to preach:

King James Version
And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

English Standard Version
And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach

New American Standard Bible
And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,

New Century Version
Jesus chose twelve and called them apostles. He wanted them to be with him, and he wanted to send them out to preach

Amplified Bible
And He appointed twelve [disciples], so that they would be with Him [for instruction] and so that He could send them out to preach [the gospel as apostles—that is, as His special messengers, personally chosen representatives],

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,

Legacy Standard Bible
And He appointed twelve (whom He also named apostles) to be with Him and to send them out to preach,

Berean Standard Bible
He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,

Contemporary English Version
Then he chose twelve of them to be his apostles, so that they could be with him. He also wanted to send them out to preach

Complete Jewish Bible
He appointed twelve to be with him, to be sent out to preach

Darby Translation
And he appointed twelve that they might be with him, and that he might send them to preach,

Easy-to-Read Version
And he chose twelve men and called them apostles. He wanted these twelve men to be with him, and he wanted to send them to other places to tell people God's message.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee appoynted twelue that they should be with him, and that he might send them to preache,

George Lamsa Translation
And he chose twelve to be with him, that he might send them to preach,

Good News Translation
and he chose twelve, whom he named apostles. "I have chosen you to be with me," he told them. "I will also send you out to preach,

Lexham English Bible
And he appointed twelve, so that they would be with him and so that he could send them out to preach

Literal Translation
And He made disciples of twelve, that they might be with Him; and that He might send them to proclaim,

American Standard Version
And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

Bible in Basic English
And he took twelve to be with him, so that he might send them out as preachers,

Hebrew Names Version
He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,

International Standard Version
He appointed twelve whom he called apostles to accompany him, to be sent out to preach,

Etheridge Translation
And he chose twelve to be with him, and to send them to preach,

Murdock Translation
And he chose twelve to be with him, whom he would send out to preach,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he ordeyned twelue, that they shoulde be with him, and that he might sende them foorth to preache,

English Revised Version
And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

World English Bible
He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he ordained twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

Weymouth's New Testament
He appointed twelve of them, that they might be with Him, and that He might also send them to proclaim His Message,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he made, that there weren twelue with hym, to sende hem to preche.

Update Bible Version
And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

Webster's Bible Translation
And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

New English Translation
He appointed twelve (whom he named apostles), so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach

New Living Translation
Then he appointed twelve of them and called them his apostles. They were to accompany him, and he would send them out to preach,

New Life Bible
He picked out twelve followers to be with Him so He might send them out to preach.

New Revised Standard
And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he appointed a twelve, whom also he named, Apostles, - that they might be with him, and that he might be sending them forth to make proclamation,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he made that twelve should be with him, and that he might send them to preach.

Revised Standard Version
And he appointed twelve, to be with him, and to be sent out to preach

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he ordeyned ye .xii. that they shuld be wt him and that he myght sende the to preache:

Young's Literal Translation
and he appointed twelve, that they may be with him, and that he may send them forth to preach,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he ordeyned ye twolue, that they shulde be with him, and that he might sende them out to preach,

Mace New Testament (1729)
then he chose twelve of them to be near his person, and afterwards to be gospel-missionaries.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He chose twelve cowboys to ride with him so he could teach them his ways and they could show others. He also gave them the power to

Contextual Overview

¹³ Matthew 10:1-4; Luke 6:12-16">[xr] And He went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted. And they came to Him. ¹⁴ Then He appointed twelve, [fn] that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach, ¹⁵ and to have power to heal sicknesses and [fn] to cast out demons: ¹⁶ Simon, [fn] to 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. ²⁰ Matthew 12:22-30; Luke 11:14-23">[xr] Then the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. ²¹ But when His own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, "He is out of His mind."

Bible Verse Review
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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
Romans 5:12-21">[xr] Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, "You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?"

Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel."

Genesis 3:20
And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

Genesis 9:6
"Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man.

Leviticus 20:25
You shall therefore distinguish between clean animals and unclean, between unclean birds and clean, and you shall not make yourselves abominable by beast or by bird, or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

Psalms 72:9
Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before Him, And His enemies will lick the dust.

Isaiah 29:4
You shall be brought down, You shall speak out of the ground; Your speech shall be low, out of the dust; Your voice shall be like a medium's, out of the ground; And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.

Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain," Says the LORD.

Micah 7:17
They shall lick the dust like a serpent; They shall crawl from their holes like snakes of the earth. They shall be afraid of the LORD our God, And shall fear because of 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.