16. Confess (éfoonoyeicde). The preposition €&, forth, out, implies full, frank, open confession, and so in every case of its use in the New Testament. See on Matt. iii. 6.
Faults (wapamtaépara). See on Matt. vi. 14.
The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man avail- eth much (qoAv ioyver dénots Stxaiov éevepyoupévn). Lit., much availeth (ioxyves, 2s strong), the prayer of a righteous man work- ing or operating. The rendering of the A. V., besides being unwarranted by the text, is almost a truism. An effectual prayer is a prayer that avails. The Rev. is at once more cor- rect and more natural: Zhe supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
17. A man (dv9pwros). The generic word; human like ourselves, this thought being emphasized by the succeeding epithet of like passions. See the same expression, Acts xiv. 15.
Of like passions (ouovorradys). Only here and Acts xiv. 15. There is some danger of a misunderstanding of this rendering, from the limited and generally bad sense in which the word passions is popularly used. The meaning is rather of dike nature and constitution. Rev. puts nature in margin, which would be better in the text.
He prayed fervently (apocevyf mpoonitato). Lit., he prayed with prayer. See a similar mode of expression, Gen. ii. 17 (Sept.), ye shall surely die (Qavdt@ atoSaveicIe) ; lit., ye shall die with death. Compare Luke xxii. 15; John iii. 29;
Acts iv. 17. The addition of the cognate noun gives intense- ness to the verb.
Hide—sins. A familiar Hebrew phrase. See Ps. xxxii. 1; ESX<R vos TOV. X21 2,