Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

THEN calling together the twelve apostles, he gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

And having called together the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all demons, and to heal diseases,

And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses,

Then calling the Twelve together He conferred on them power and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases;

And getting the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all evil spirits and over diseases, to make them well.

Then calling together the twelve Apostles, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases.

Jesus called the Twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, as well as to cure diseases.

See the notes at Matthew 10:1-14.
See the notes at Matthew 10:1-14.

Power and authority - Δυναμιν και εξουσιαν. The words properly mean here, the power to work miracles; and that authority by which the whole demoniac system was to be subjected to them. The reader will please to observe:
1. That Luke mentions both demons and diseases; therefore he was either mistaken, or demons and diseases are not the same.
2. The treatment of these two was not the same: - the demons were to be cast out, the diseases to be healed. See Matthew 10:1.

Then (1) he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
(1) The twelve apostles are sent forth only at the commandment of Christ and equipped with the power of the Holy Spirit: both that none of the Israelites might pretend ignorance, and also that they might be better prepared for their general mission.

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.
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.

Christ sent his twelve disciples abroad, who by this time were able to teach others what they had received from the Lord. They must not be anxious to commend themselves to people's esteem by outward appearance. They must go as they were. The Lord Jesus is the fountain of power and authority, to whom all creatures must, in one way or another, be subject; and if he goes with the word of his ministers in power, to deliver sinners from Satan's bondage, they may be sure that he will care for their wants. When truth and love thus go together, and yet the message of God is rejected and despised, it leaves men without excuse, and turns to a testimony against them. Herod's guilty conscience was ready to conclude that John was risen from the dead. He desired to see Jesus; and why did he not go and see him? Probably, because he thought it below him, or because he wished not to have any more reprovers of sin. Delaying it now, his heart was hardened, and when he did see Jesus, he was as much prejudiced against him as others, Luke 23:11.

MISSION OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES. (Luke 9:1-6)
power and authority--He both qualified and authorized them.

He called the twelve. This Commission of the Apostles is given in Matthew. 10:1-42 and Mark 6:7-13. Matthew's account is the fullest, on which see notes.

Matthew 10:1; Mark 6:7.