James 5:14

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 and eight times in the Gospels. Compare Mark 6:13.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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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
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹⁴ 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:

Related Commentaries of James 5:14

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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