Mark 6:12

“And they went out, etc..] From that part of the country where they then were, some one way, and some another, two by two, with these instructions, and according to these directions; in order to preach the word, and work miracles, in the several parts where they were sent: and preached that men should repent; both of the evil practices which they were guilty of, and of the bad principles they had imbibed, and change both their sentiments and their conduct: this, they exhorted them to, as John the Baptist, and Christ, had done before, who set out in their ministry the same way; and these, as they did also, preached the Gospel, and the things appertaining to the kingdom of God, and Gospel…”

“Preached that men should repent - See the nature of repentance explained in notes at Matthew 3:2. They were now called upon to repent and reform their lives because sin was evil, because the Messiah had come to preach forgiveness to the penitent, and because at “his” presence it was fit that the nation should turn from its sins and prepare to receive him. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Luk 9:6. Mark 6:13”

“6:12-13 The message to repent is an abbreviation of the fuller message of 1:15.”

“preached: Mar 1:3, Mar 1:15; Eze 18:30; Mat 3:2, Mat 3:8, Mat 4:17, Mat 9:13, Mat 11:20; Luk 11:32, Luk 13:3, Luk 13:5; Luk 15:7, Luk 15:10, Luk 24:47; Act 2:38, Act 3:19, Act 11:18, Act 20:21, Act 26:20; Co2 7:9, Co2 7:10; Ti2 2:25, Ti2 2:26 Mark 6:13”