Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Mark: Chapter 3].
he might send them forth} (\kai hina apostell•i autous\). They
were not ready to be sent forth till they had been with Jesus for
some time. This is one of the chief tasks of Christ to train this
group of men. See Bruce's _The Training of the Twelve_. The very
word \apostolos\ is from \apostell•\. There were two purposes in
sending them forth expressed by two infinitives, one to preach
(\k•russein\, from \k•rux\, herald), the other to have power to
cast out demons (\echein exousian ekballein ta daimonia\). This
double ministry of preaching and healing was to mark their work.
The two things are, however, different, and one does not
necessarily involve the other.
3:16 {Simon he surnamed Peter} (\epeth•ken onoma t•i Sim•ni
Petron\). The Greek idiom seems awkward, but it is not. Peter is
in apposition with _name_ or \onoma\ (accusative). This surname
Jesus gave in addition (\epeth•ken\) to Simon (dative case). Here
then is a direct reference to what is told in Joh 1:42 when
Jesus met Simon for the first time. Mark here reflects Peter's
own words. Luke (Lu 6:14) simply says "Whom he also surnamed
Peter." See Mt 16:18 for the full explanation of the name
Peter, a Rock, Cephas.
3:17 {Boanerges, which is Sons of thunder} (\Boan•rges ho estin
huioi bront•s\). This Hebrew nickname is given only by Mark and
the reason for it is not clear. It may refer to the fiery
temperament revealed in Lu 9:34 when James and John wanted to
call down fire on the Samaritan villages that were unfriendly to
them. The word literally means {sons of tumult, sons of thunder}
in Syriac. No other epithets are given by Mark save descriptions
to distinguish as Simon the Cananaean (or Zealot) and Judas
Iscariot, who also betrayed him (verse 19). Andrew, (from
\an•r\, a man) and Philip (Philippos, fond of horses) are both
Greek names. Bartholomew, son of Tolmai, is the Nathanael of
John's Gospel (Joh 21:2). He probably had both names. Matthew
is a Hebrew name meaning gift of God (\Maththaios\). Thomas is
Hebrew and means Twin (Didymus, Joh 11:16). There are two uses
of the name of James (\Iac•bos\, Jacob). Thaddeus is another name
for Lebbaeus.
3:19 {He cometh into a house} (\erchetai eis oikon\). Historical
present again and no article with noun. He comes home from the
mountain, probably the house of Simon as in 1:29. Mark passes
by the Sermon on the Mount given by Matthew and Luke on the
mountain (plateau on the mountain in Luke). We have to allow a
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