Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
MISSION OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES. ( = Mark 6:7-13; Luke 9:1-6). (Matthew 10:1-5)
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power--The word signifies both "power," and "authority" or "right." Even if it were not evident that here both ideas are included, we find both words expressly used in the parallel passage of Luke (Luke 9:1) --"He gave them power and authority"--in other words, He both qualified and authorized them.
against--or "over."
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 10:1
Luke 6:12-13
1 Corinthians 12:9
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