“And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.”
They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them — the anointing with oil is the only reference to this practice in the Synoptic Gospels (James 5:14 prescribes it for the elders of the church). The oil is the vehicle through which the healing power is applied, not the source of the power. The parallel between driving out demons and healing the sick mirrors Jesus' own ministry throughout chapters 1–5. The disciples do what they have watched Jesus do — with the authority he has delegated and in the pattern he has modeled.
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