Luke 9:1

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

1 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases,

Luke 9:1 in Other Translations

KJV
1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
ESV
1 And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,
NLT
1 One day Jesus called together his twelve disciples and gave them power and authority to cast out all demons and to heal all diseases.
MSG
1 Jesus now called the Twelve and gave them authority and power to deal with all the demons and cure diseases.
CSB
1 Summoning the Twelve, He gave them power and authority over all the demons, and [power] to heal diseases.

Luke 9:1 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:1

Then he called his twelve disciples together
The Persic version reads, "all his twelve disciples", the other nine, besides the three that were with him, when he raised Jairus's daughter, recorded in the foregoing chapter; the Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, "the twelve apostles", for so Christ had named his disciples; (See Gill on Matthew 6:13). The Syriac version only reads, "his own twelve"; and this is agreeably to Luke's way of speaking; see ( Luke 8:1 ) ( 9:12 ) .

And gave them power and authority over all devils;
that is, all kinds of devils, particularly to cast them out of the bodies of men, possessed by them:

and to cure diseases;
of all sorts.

Luke 9:1 In-Context

1 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases,
2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
3 He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.
4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town.
5 If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Matthew 10:1
  • 2. S Matthew 4:23; Luke 5:17
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