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James 5:14 — King James Version← Study notes

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 5:14Greek Interlinear

Greek · James 5:1421 words
GreekMeaning
ἀσθενεῖasthenei
Is sickverbG770
τιςtis
anyonepronounG5100
ἐνen
amongprepositionG1722
ὑμῖνhymin
you?pronounG4771
προσκαλεσάσθωproskalesasthō
he should call nearverbG4341
τοὺςtous
thearticleG3588
πρεσβυτέρουςpresbyterous
eldersadjectiveG4245
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
ἐκκλησίαςekklēsias
churchnounG1577
καὶkai
andwordG2532
προσευξάσθωσανproseuxasthōsan
they should prayverbG4336
ἐπ’ep’
overprepositionG1909
αὐτὸνauton
himpronounG846
ἀλείψαντεςaleipsantes
having anointedverbG218
αὐτὸνauton
himpronounG846
ἐλαίῳelaiō
with oilnounG1637
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τῷ
thearticleG3588
ὀνόματιonomati
namenounG3686
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
κυρίουkyriou
LordnounG2962
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on James 5:14

For I return once more to the point from which I started: not in the way of chastising only, but also in the way of benefiting, God has bestowed a power on priests greater than that of our natural parents. The two indeed differ as much as the present and the future life. For our natural parents generate us unto this life only, but the others unto that which is to come. And the former would not be able to avert death from their offspring, or to repel the assaults of disease;…

Chrysostom · 4th century · On the Priesthood III.6
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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