“And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.”
The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught — the return of the twelve from their mission is the resumption of the main narrative after the flashback of John's death. The report to Jesus is the first description of the apostles (apostoloi) by that title in Mark. What they had done and taught — the two-part summary mirrors the two-part commission: they went out, they preached, they drove out demons and healed. The reporting to Jesus communicates accountability and the return of authority: the delegated authority of the mission period returns to its source.
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