Mark 3:14

He ¹  appointed twelve (whom he named apostles ² ), ³  so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach

He appointed twelve—designating them apostles— that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach

And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,

Then he selected twelve of them to be his regular companions, calling them apostles. He sent them out to preach,

He settled on twelve, and designated them apostles. The plan was that they would be with him, and he would send them out to proclaim the Word

And he took twelve to be with him, so that he might send them out as preachers,

And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message,

Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach,

He ¹  appointed twelve (whom he named apostles ² ), ³  so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach

¹ tn Grk “And he.”

² sn The term apostles is rare in the gospels, found only here and Mark 6:30, Matt 10:2, and six more times in Luke (6:13; 9:10; 11:49; 17:5; 22:14; 24:10).

³ tc The phrase “whom he named apostles” is lacking in the majority of mss (A C² [D] L ˹ 33 Ï latt sy). Several primary Alexandrian and Caesarean witnesses (א B [C* W] Θ Ë¹³ 28 pc co) include the phrase, so the external evidence is strongly in favor of this reading, especially since Alexandrian witnesses tend to witness to the shorter reading. It is possible that the Alexandrian witnesses have inserted these words to bring the text in line with Luke 6:13 (TCGNT 69), but against this is the internal evidence of Mark’s style: Mark tends toward gratuitous redundancy. Thus the inclusion of this phrase is supported by both internal and external evidence and should be regarded as more likely original than the omission.