SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:13
Y como fue de día, llam a sus discípulos, y escogi doce de ellos, a los cuales tambin llam apstoles:
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Luke 6:13
Verse 13. He chose twelve] eklexamenov ap autwn, He chose twelve OUT of them. Our Lord at this time had several disciples, persons who were converted to God under his ministry; and, out of these converts, he chose twelve, whom he appointed to the work of the ministry; and called them apostles, i.e. persons sent or commissioned by himself, to preach that Gospel to others by which they had themselves been saved. These were favoured with extraordinary success: 1. Because they were brought to the knowledge of God themselves. 2. Because they received their commission from the great Head of the Church. And 3. Because, as he had sent them, he continued to accompany their preaching with the power of his Spirit. These three things always unite in the character of a genuine apostle. See on Matt. x. 1-4.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 13. And when it was day , etc.] Or morning; having spent the whole night in prayer to God, no doubt for his disciples, whom he was about to send forth as his apostles, to preach his Gospel, and work miracles, and for their success therein: he called unto him his disciples ; the whole company of them, as in ( Luke 6:17) all that were his followers, and professed to believe in him, or as many as he pleased; (see Mark 3:13). And of them he chose twelve ; and ordained them, and sent them out to preach, heal sicknesses, and cast out devils: whom he also named apostles ; or messengers, from their being sent by him on such important business; and their names are as follow.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 12-19 - We often think one half hour a great deal to spend in meditation an secret prayer, but Christ was whole nights engaged in these duties. I serving God, our great care should be not to lose time, but to make the end of one good duty the beginning of another. The twelve apostles ar here named; never were men so privileged, yet one of them had a devil and proved a traitor. Those who have not faithful preaching near them had better travel far than be without it. It is indeed worth while to go a great way to hear the word of Christ, and to go out of the way of other business for it. They came to be cured by him, and he heale them. There is a fulness of grace in Christ, and healing virtue in him ready to go out from him, that is enough for all, enough for each. Me regard the diseases of the body as greater evils than those of their souls; but the Scripture teaches us differently.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ οτε 3753 ADV εγενετο 1096 5633 V-2ADI-3S ημερα 2250 N-NSF προσεφωνησεν 4377 5656 V-AAI-3S τους 3588 T-APM μαθητας 3101 N-APM αυτου 846 P-GSM και 2532 CONJ εκλεξαμενος 1586 5671 V-AMP-NSM απ 575 PREP αυτων 846 P-GPM δωδεκα 1427 A-NUI ους 3739 R-APM και 2532 CONJ αποστολους 652 N-APM ωνομασεν 3687 5656 V-AAI-3S
Vincent's NT Word Studies
13. Chose (eklexamenov). Mark has ejpoihsen, he made or constituted. He named apostles. Peculiar to Luke.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
6:13 {When it was day} (hote egeneto hemera). When day came, after the long night of prayer. {He chose from them twelve} (eklexamenos ap' autwn dwdeka). The same root (leg) was used for picking out, selecting and qen for saying. There was a large group of "disciples" or "learners" whom he "called" to him (prosefwnesen), and from among whom he chose (of himself, and for himself, indirect middle voice (eklexamenos). It was a crisis in the work of Christ. Jesus assumed full responsibility even for the choice of Judas who was not forced upon Jesus by the rest of the Twelve. "You did not choose me, but I chose you," (#Joh 15:16) where Jesus uses exelexasqe and exelexamen as here by Luke. {Whom also he named apostles} (hous kai apostolous wnomasen). So qen Jesus gave the twelve chosen disciples this title(name). Aleph and B have these same words in #Mr 3:14 besides the support of a few of the best cursives, the Bohairic Coptic Version and the Greek margin of the Harclean Syriac. Westcott and Hort print them in their text in #Mr 3:14, but it remains doubtful whether they were not brought into Mark from #Lu 6:13 where they are undoubtedly genuine. See #Mt 10:2 where the connection with sending them out by twos in the third tour of Galilee. The word is derived from apostellw, to send (Latin, _mitto_) and apostle is missionary, one sent. Jesus applies the term to himself (apesteilas, #Joh 17:3) as does #Heb 3:1. The word is applied to others, like Barnabas, besides these twelve including the Apostle Paul who is on a par with them in rank and authority, and even to mere messengers of the churches (#2Co 8:23). But these twelve apostles stand apart from all others in that they were all chosen at once by Jesus himself "that they might be with him" (#Mr 3:14), to be trained by Jesus himself and to interpret him and his message to the world. In the nature of the case they could have no successors as they had to be personal witnesses to the life and resurrection of Jesus (#Ac 1:22). The selection of Matthias to succeed Judas cannot be called a mistake, but it automatically ceased. For discussion of the names and groups in the list see discussion on Mt 10:1-4; Mr 3:14-19.
