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veloped organisation among the com- munities of the Diaspora, and therefore to a late date for this part of the Epistle. --ἀλείψαντες ἐλαίῳ: a common Jewish usage, see Isa. i. 6; Mark vi. 13; Luke x. 34. As oil was believed to have the effect of curing bodily sick- ness, 80 it became customary to use it preparatory to Baptism, possibly with the idea of its healing, sacramentally, the disease of sin; that it was joined to Baptism as an integral part of the sacra- ment is certain. Prayer was, of course. an indispensable accompaniment. —év ὀνόματι.. .: Cf. Mark xvi. 17; Luke x. 17; Acts ili. 6, 16, iv. το, xvi. 18; and on the formula, the note above, 11 ασ.
Ver. 15. ἣ εὐχὴ τῆς πίστεως: Cf. Matt. xxi. 22.- σώσει: for this sense cf. Matt. ix. 22; Mark v. 23; John xi. I2.—kdpvovTa: in this sense only here in the N.T., though it is used in a somewhat similar sense in Hebrew xii. 3. —éyepet: it seems most natural to take this as referring to the sick man being raised up from his bed of sickness, though the use of κάμνειν in Heb. xii. 3 suggests the possibility of spiritual comfort being also included—o6 Κύριος: this must probably refer to Christ, though the O.T. reference in the context would justify the contention that Jahwe is meant.—«k av: Cf. Mark xvi. 18; Luke xiii. 9, as show- ing that this does not necessarily mean “even if’. —apapttias ἡ πεποι- ηκώς ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ: Cf. Sir. XXXVili. Q, το, Τέκνον, ἐν ἀρρωστήματί σου μὴ ᾽παράβλεπε, ἀλλ᾽ εὖξαι Κυρίῳ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἰάσεταί σε: ἀπόστησον πληµ- μελίαν καὶ εὔθυνον χεῖρας, καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας καθάρισον καρδίαν; The Jewish belief on this subject may be illustrated by the following: in Test. of the Twelve Patriarchs, Simeon, ii. 11 ff., because Simeon continued wrathful against Reuben, he says, ‘‘ But the Lord restrained me, and withheld from me the power of my hands; for my right hand was _ half withered for seven days”; in Gad. v. ο ff. the patriarch confesses that owing to his hatred against Joseph God brought upon
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