The Timothy Conference

T H E T I M O T H Y C O N F E R E N C E

In a real sense, a church plant team leader is playing the role of an apostle!

The designation of the Twelve as “the apostles,” which occurs only here in Mark’s Gospel, has specific reference to the mission they have just undertaken. In this context the term is descriptive of the disciple’s function rather than an official title and could be rendered ‘missionaries.’ It was in consequence of their mission of preaching and exorcism in Galilee that the Twelve were designated ‘apostles,’ i.e., those who had been sent forth and empowered by Jesus.

William L. Lane. “The Gospel of Mark,” in The New International Commentary on the New Testament . (Grand Rapids: William R. Eerdmans, 1974). p. 224.

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