Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on James 5:15

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15. prayer —He does not say the oil shall save: it is but the symbol. save —plainly not as Rome says, "save" the soul. but heal "the sick": as the words, "the Lord shall raise him up," prove. So the same Greek is translated, "made (thee) whole," Matthew 9:21 ; Matthew 9:22 . and if . . . sins —for not all who are sick are so because of some special sins. Here a case is supposed of one visited with sickness for special sins. have committed —literally, " be in a state of having committed sins," that is, be under the consequences of sins committed. they —rather, "it": his having committed sins shall be forgiven him. The connection of sin and sickness is implied in Isaiah 33:24 ; Matthew 9:2-5 ; John 5:14 . The absolution of the sick, retained in the Church of England, refers to the sins which the sick man confesses ( John 5:14- : ) and repents of, whereby outward scandal has been given to the Church and the cause of religion; not to sins in their relation to God, the only Judge. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-16" class="com-number"

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