Mark 3:13 (BSB)
Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.
Commentary on Mark 3:13
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Mark 3:13: Mark 3:13. And he went up into a mountain. By this election he does not yet ordain them to be Apostles, to enter immediately into the discharge of their office, but merely admits them to enjoy his private instructions “Pour ses disciples et escoliers domestiques;” — “for his disciples and private scholars.” with a view to the apostleship.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Mark 3:13-21: In these verses, we have, I. The choice Christ made of the twelve apostles to be his constant followers and attendants, and to be sent abroad as there was occasion, to preach the gospel. Observe, 1. The introduction to this call or promotion of disciples; He goes up into a mountain, and his errand thither was to pray.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Mark 3:13: And he goeth up into a mountain,.... Near Capernaum, being solitary, and a place of recess and retirement, "to pray", as Luke says, Luk 6:12, who adds, "and continued all night in prayer to God", notwithstanding the great fatigue of the day past.
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Mark 3:13: Verse 13. For an account of the appointment of the apostles, see . And calleth unto him whom he would. Those whom he chose; whom he was about to appoint to the apostleship. (i) "And he goeth" (k) "he would"