Luke 9:1
And he called his twelve disciples to him, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases:
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2and he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
Cross References
Matthew 16:19And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.
Mark 6:7And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out, two and two, and gave them authority over unclean spirits.
Luke 6:13And when it was day, he called to him his disciples; and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:
John 14:12Verily, verily I say to you, he that believes on me, the works that I do he also shall do. Even greater works than these shall he do, because I go to my Father;
Acts 3:16And his name, by faith in his name, has made this man strong whom you see and know; even the faith which is by him, has given him this entire soundness in the presence of you all.
Acts 9:34And Peter said to him: Æneas, Jesus the Christ restores you to health; arise, and spread your bed for yourself. And he immediately arose;
Matthew Henry on Luke 9:1
In this chapter we have, I. The commission Christ gave to his twelve apostles to go out for some time to preach the gospel, and confirm it by miracles, ver. 1-6 . II. Herod's terror at the growing greatness of our Lord Jesus, ver. 7-9 . III. The apostles' return to Christ, his retirement with them into a place of solitude, the great resort of people to them notwithstanding, and his feeding five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes, ver. 10-17 . IV. His discourse with his disciples concerning himself and… Read the whole commentary →