Mike Bickle // The Commissioning of the Twelve Apostles // Studies in the Life of Christ, Session 14

The context for the commissioning of the apostles: Jesus’ third and final tour of Galilee probably occurred in late AD 28 (Mt. 9:35-38; Mk. 6:6). He called them to pray for laborers for the harvest. Jesus commissioned the Twelve (Mt. 10:1-4; Mk. 6:7; Lk. 9:1- 2) This is a part of Jesus’ answer to sending out workers for the harvest (Mt. 9:38). The Twelve were just the beginning of workers that Jesus sent to continue His ministry by proclaiming the kingdom message and releasing His power.