Mark 3:14

Christian Standard Bible ®

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

Parallel Translations

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 King James Version
Then He appointed twelve, [fn] that they might be with Him and that He might send them out 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

¹³Jesus went up the mountain and summoned those he wanted, and they came to him. ¹⁴He appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, to send them out to preach, ¹⁵and to have authority to drive out demons. ¹⁶He appointed the Twelve: To Simon, he gave the name Peter; ¹⁷and to James the son of Zebedee, and to his brother John, he gave the name “Boanerges” (that is, “Sons of Thunder”); ¹⁸Andrew; Philip and Bartholomew; Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, ¹⁹and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. ²⁰Jesus entered a house, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat. ²¹When his family heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, “He’s 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 serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”

Genesis 3:15
I will put hostility between you and the woman,and between your offspring and her offspring.He will strike your head,and you will strike his heel.

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

Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds human blood,by humans his blood will be shed,for God made humans in his image.

Leviticus 20:25
Therefore you are to distinguish the clean animal from the unclean one, and the unclean bird from the clean one. Do not become contaminated by any land animal, bird, or whatever crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.

Psalms 72:9
May desert tribes kneel before himand his enemies lick the dust.

Isaiah 29:4
You will be brought down;you will speak from the ground,and your words will come from low in the dust.Your voice will be like that of a spirit from the ground;your speech will whisper from the dust.

Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb will feed together,and the lion will eat straw like cattle,but the serpent’s food will be dust!They will not do what is evil or destroyon my entire holy mountain,”says the Lord.

Micah 7:17
They will lick the dust like a snake;they will come trembling out of their hiding placeslike reptiles slithering on the ground.They will tremble in the presence of the Lord our God;they will stand in awe 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.