-
JAMES 5:14 tou/ kuri,ou {A}
The reading tou/ kuri,ou is supported by the broadest spectrum of
witnesses, whereas the omission of tou/ by A Y 81 _al,_ and of tou/
kuri,ou by B, probably arose through...
-
Verse 14. _IS ANY SICK AMONG YOU? LET HIM CALL FOR THE ELDERS_] This
was also a Jewish maxim. Rabbi Simeon, in _Sepher Hachaiyim_, said:
"What should a man do who goes to visit the sick? _Ans_. He wh...
-
IS ANY SICK AMONG YOU? - In the previous verse the reference was to
affliction in general, and the duty there urged was one that was
applicable to all forms of trial. The subject of sickness, however,...
-
V. THE COMING OF THE LORD AND THE LIFE OF FAITH
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The oppression by the rich and their coming doom (James 5:1)_
2. Be patient unto the coming of the Lord (James 5:7)
3. The prayers of...
-
The key to this hard passage seems to lie in the climax, the example
of Elijah, who in 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:41 ff., is not said to have
prayed for drought or for rain. His prayer is in the phrase...
-
THE WORTHLESSNESS OF RICHES (James 5:1-3)...
-
Is any among you in trouble? Let him pray. Is any in good spirits? Let
him sing a hymn. Is any among you sick? Let him call in the elders of
the Church; and let them anoint him with oil in the name of...
-
ELDERS. App-189.
CHURCH. App-186. Here the church must mean the assembly which
worshipped in the synagogue of James 2:2.
OVER. App-104.
ANOINTING. having anointed. Greek. _aleipho._ Occurs here _an...
-
Affliction Sickness Confession
13. _Is any among you afflicted, let him pray_ The precepts point to
the principle that worship is the truest and best expression of both
sorrow and joy. In affliction m...
-
_Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church_ The
rule is full of meaning. (1) As regards the functions of the Elders of
the Church. Over and above special gifts of prophecy or te...
-
ἈΣΘΕΝΕΙ͂, IS SICK, a special form of the more general
κακοπαθεῖ. For the word see Matthew 10:8; Luke 4:40.
Note the aorists προσκαλεσάσθω …
προσευξάσθωσιν of single acts contrasted with
προσευχέσθω a...
-
Deeply important practical rules relating to (_a_) Prayer as a force
in life, (_b_) Intercessory prayer, (_c_) Confession, (_d_)
Conversion....
-
_RELY ON PRAYER -- JAMES 5:13-18:_ James closed with a series of
admonitions to assist Christians in daily living. He said Christians
should: (1) Pray when in trouble, (James 5:13) (2) Sing psalms whe...
-
ΑΣΘΕΝΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΣΘΕΝΈΩ (G770) быть
слабым, болеть,
ΠΡΟΣΚΑΛΕΣΆΣΘΩ _aor. imper. med. от_ ΠΡΟΣΚΑΛΈΩ
(G4341) призывать, созывать; _med._
призывать к себе. Об этом _см._ BTNT, 433-34.
ΠΡΟ...
-
_JAMES 5:14_.— In the first age of Christianity, the miraculous
gifts of the Spirit were very common: it appears too, that when the
Christians behaved very unbecoming their character and profession, G...
-
WHEN THE SAINT SUFFERS
_Text_
James 5:13 a.
Is any among you suffering? let him pray.
_Queries_
429.
Does not every Christian, even every person, suffer? Then why the
question?
430.
What does...
-
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and
let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the
Lord:
LET HIM CALL FOR THE ELDERS - not some one, as Romanis...
-
VERSE 14 IS ANY SICK AMONG YOU? LET HIM CALL.
It must not be forgotten that at the time this Epistle was written,
miraculous gifts were still present with the Church. Upon the elders
placed in charge...
-
12 This prohibition is essentially the same as that given by our Lord
(Mat_5:34).
15 "The prayer of faith will save the sick" is a very loose rendering
of this passage. The word which they translate ...
-
REBUKE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
2. Are corrupted, etc.] prophetic tense, in which the future is spoken
of as though it were already come to pass....
-
WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO
JAMES
_IAN MACKERVOY_
The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them.
CHAPTER 5
JUDGEMENT OF THE RICH 5:1-6
V1 Now, you rich people, weep and cry aloud. Th...
-
ANOINTING HIM WITH OIL. — Or, _unction._ The use of some precious
and mysterious ointment, on solemn occasions, obtained in most of the
ancient nations, specially the Eastern. The Jews themselves were...
-
THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH — _i.e.,_ literally, _the presbyters._ The
identity of “bishop” (_episcopus_) and “presbyter” in the
language of the apostolic age seems conclusive. Such is the opinion of
Lig...
-
CHAPTER 27
THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH-THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK AND EXTREME
UNCTION.
James 5:14
Two subjects stand out prominently in this interesting passage-the
elders of the Church, and the anointi...
-
ἀσθενεῖ … προσκαλεσάσθω, etc.: _Cf._ Sir
38:14, καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὶ Κυρίου
δεηθήσονται, ἵνα εὐοδώσῃ αὐτοῖς
ἀνάπαυσιν καὶ ἴασιν χάριν
ἐμβιώσεως. In regard to the practice of primitive
Christianity in the mat...
-
EFFECTUAL PRAYER
James 5:12
In view of the judgment-seat, at which we shall have to give an
account of our words, we shall do well to employ the simplest,
plainest speech, Matthew 5:34; Matthew 12:3...
-
Approaching the conclusion of his letter, the writer addressed a
terrible indictment and solemn warning to the rich. He showed the
failure of possessions, and how they may become the curse of life.
S...
-
RESPONSES TO VARIOUS SITUATIONS
What should a Christian do when physical and mental problems bear down
upon him and depression sets in? James says pray, not just once, but
repeatedly. On the other han...
-
(9) Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church;
and let them pray over him, anointing him with (g) oil in the (h) name
of the Lord:
(9) He shows peculiarly, to what physicians es...
-
Is any man sick among you? [3] or in danger of death by sickness, let
him call, or bring in the priests of the Church, &c. The apostle here
enjoins the constant use of the sacrament, called extreme un...
-
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven,
neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be
yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. (13) Is an...
-
To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James
from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no
means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
-
14_Is any sick among you_. As the gift of healing as yet continued, he
directs the sick to have recourse to that remedy. It is, indeed,
certain that they were not all healed; but the Lord granted this...
-
The two classes in Israel are distinctly marked here in contrast with
one another, with the addition of the walk which the Christian ought
to pursue when chastised by the Lord.
The apostle gives the c...
-
IS ANY SICK AMONG YOU?.... Which is often the case; the bodies of the
saints, as well as others, are liable to a variety of diseases; they
are sick, and sometimes nigh unto death, as Epaphroditus was:...
-
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and
let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the
Lord:
Ver. 14. _Is any man sick?_] "Behold, he whom thou lovest...
-
_Is any sick? let him call for the elders of the church_ Those
ministers of Christ whose office it is to oversee and feed the flock;
_and let them pray over him_ For his recovery, persuaded that what...
-
IS ANY SICK AMONG YOU? LET HIM CALL FOR THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH; AND
LET THEM PRAY OVER HIM, ANOINTING HIM WITH OIL IN THE NAME OF THE
LORD;...
-
The improper and the proper use of God's name:...
-
Verses 1 Timothy 6 are addressed to rich men, and no doubt specially
to those who make some claim of having the knowledge of God. They are
bidden to weep and howl for the miseries that will take them,...
-
Why is there sickness, disease, illness among us? If a Christian is
sick - does that mean we are sinful? What does James say should be
done if we are sick? Why call for the elders? What is the purpose...
-
CONCERNING SICKNESS
James 5:14 "Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of
the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the
name of the Lord;" "Is anyone among you s...
-
12-18 The sin of swearing is condemned; but how many make light of
common profane swearing! Such swearing expressly throws contempt upon
God's name and authority. This sin brings neither gain, nor pl...
-
IS ANY SICK? Or infirm, though not desperately and incurably. LET HIM
CALL FOR THE ELDERS; especially teaching elders, they being usually
best furnished with gifts who labour in the word and doctrine,...
-
James 5:14 Is G770 (00) anyone G5100 among G1722 you G5213 sick G770
(G5719) call G4341 (G5663) elders...
-
‘Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church,
and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the
Lord, and the prayer of faith will save him who is sick, and th...
-
FINAL EXHORTATION TO PRAYER AND FAITH (JAMES 5:12).
Having faced up men and women to judgment in different ways James now
ends as he began by putting great emphasis on the need for faith and
prayer, a...
-
James 5:14. IS ANY SICK AMONG YOU? a particular instance of the
general term ‘afflicted;' to be taken in its literal sense, denoting
‘bodily sickness,' and not to be spiritualized as denoting
‘spiritu...
-
James 5:7-20. St. James concludes his Epistle with a variety of
admonitions. He first exhorts his readers to patience; they are to
exercise forbearance toward their oppressors and trust toward God,
be...
-
IS ANY AMONG YOU SICK?
(ασθενε τις εν υμιν;). Present active indicative of
ασθενεω, old verb, to be weak (without strength), often in N.T.
(Matthew 10:8).LET HIM CALL FOR
(προσκαλεσασθω). First ao...
-
James 5:13
The Visitation of the Sick.
I. To understand the clause which refers to anointing with oil, it
must be remembered that in those early and simple days, when little
was known about the struc...
-
CONTENTS: Warning to the rich. Exhortations in view of Christ's second
coming.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Job, Elias, James.
CONCLUSION: Great amassing of wealth will be a sign of the last days,
but woe to...
-
James 5:1. _Go to now,_ or go now, _ye rich men._ He had taught them
humility, because their glory vanished away as the flower of the
field: chap. James 1:10. He now calls upon them _to weep and howl_...
-
WHO IS SICK. In most of the churches begun by the apostles, some one
of the church elders would have the _gift from the Spirit_ to heal the
sick. Oil was a symbol of the Holy Spirit. See Mark 6:13 and...
-
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:13 The Prayer of Faith. Speaking mainly of
prayer, James restates some of the letter’s key themes. These
include trials and misuse of the tongue. The ultimate way to
“tame” one’s...
-
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
James 5:14. CALL FOR.—Summon to him. ELDERS.—Officers usual in
synagogues, and probably also found in the Jewish Christian
congregations. Not priests, or even ministers...
-
EXPOSITION
JAMES 5:1
DENUNCIATION OF THE RICH FOR
(1) GRINDING DOWN THE POOR AND KEEPING BACK THEIR WAGES;...
-
Now in chapter five he takes on the rich. So this doesn't apply to
many of us.
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall
come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, your garment...
-
1 Kings 17:21; 2 Kings 4:33; 2 Kings 5:11; Acts 14:23; Acts 15:4;...
-
Having anointed him with oil — This single conspicuous gift, which
Christ committed to his apostles, Mark 6:13, remained in the church
long after the other miraculous gifts were withdrawn. Indeed, it...
-
Some observe, 1. That St. James doth not say, "Is any man sick? let
him pray;" but let him send for others to pray with him, and for him:
plainly supposing, that the sick man is very unfit to pray him...