After being with Jesus, the disciples are sent out by Jesus to do two things. They are to proclaim, as Jesus does, the good news (1:14–15), and they are given Jesus’ authority in spiritual warfare against the demonic forces that oppose God’s rule and oppress and distort God’s creation. In other words, their mission, like that of Jesus, is to include both proclamation and action. Neither is optional, and one may not be substituted for the other. It should also be noticed that they are given no “apostolic”