James 5:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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: ”

James 5:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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, how...
James 5:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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...
James 5:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 ph...
James 5:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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. Occu...
James 5:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 gran...
James 5:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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: Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders - This...
James 5:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 professi...
James 5:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 Ro...
James 5:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Rebuke and Encouragement 2. Are corrupted, etc.] prophetic tense, in which the future is spoken of as though it were already come to pass.
James 5:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
James 5:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 27 THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH-THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK AND EXTREME UNCTION. James 5:14-15 Two subjects stand out prominently in this interesting passage-the elders of the Church, and th...
James 5:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Effectual Prayer James 5:12-20 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 ; M...
James 5:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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....
James 5:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 a...
James 5:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 w...
James 5:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 lov...
James 5:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
James 5:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 th...
James 5:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Caution against Swearing; Profaneness Condemned; Confession and Prayer; Efficacy of Prayer. A. D. 61....
James 5:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 doct...
James 5:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Final Exhortation To Prayer And Faith ( James 5:12-18 ). 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...
James 5:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 m...
James 5:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

James 5:13-16 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 th...
James 5:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
James 5:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION James 5:1-59 DENUNCIATION OF THE RICH FOR (1) GRINDING DOWN THE POOR AND KEEPING BACK THEIR WAGES ; (2) LUXURY ; (3) MURDER . The whole...
James 5:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The improper and the proper use of God's name:
James 5:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17:21 ; 2 Kings 4:33 ; 2 Kings 5:11 ; Acts 14:23 ; Acts 15:4 ; Acts 28:8 ; Acts 9:40 ; Mark 16:18 ; Mark 6:13 ; Titus 1:5
James 5:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

James 5:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

James 5:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

James 5:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

James 5:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

James 5:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

James 5:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

James 5:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

James 5:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

James 5:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

James 5:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James 5:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James 5:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

James 5:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

James 5:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 5:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

James 5:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

James 5:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

James 5:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

James 5:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 5:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

James 5:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

James 5:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 5:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes