What Does Luke 9:1 Mean?

“he called”

to convoke

“Then”

but, and, etc

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“twelve”

two and ten, i.e., a dozen

“disciples”

a learner, i.e., pupil

“them”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“gave”

to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)

“them”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“power”

force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“and authority”

privilege, i.e., (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token o

“over”

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re

“all”

all, any, every, the whole

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“devils”

a daemonic being; by extension a deity

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“diseases”

a malady (rarely figuratively, of moral disability)

“to cure”

to wait upon menially, i.e., (figuratively) to adore (god), or (specially) to relieve (of disease)