Companionship
De W. S. Clark. Mark 6:7-18 And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;… The solitary soul on a new enterprise is apt to lose heart, and not half perform his part. With no counsellor, sympathizer, helper, he goes uncertainly. Jesus would give His ambassadors all advantage of fraternal support, that in this "apprenticeship," as one terms it, they might not falter. The confirming word, too, is of might when the message is novel. The apostles afterward went thus in pairs. St. Paul's strongest expression of regret was that, on any part of his journey, he must be left alone. Livingstone, in the depths of the African continent, longed for the society and cheer of her who laid down her life on the way thither; and, as the end drew near, he leaned harder on the Lord, for no hand but God's could smooth the troubled brow on which the death-damps gathered, as the noble man, kneeling at his bedside in prayer, bade farewell to earth. (De W. S. Clark.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; WEB: He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.