James 5:17-18 - Exposition

Illustration of the last statement of James 5:16 , from the case of Elijah, "a righteous man" under the old covenant, but one "of like passions with us," and therefore one from whose case it is lawful to argue to our own. Subject to like passions as we are . ὁμοιοπαθὴς ἡμῖν : simply "of like passions with us;" cf. Acts 14:15 , where it is used in just the same way. In the LXX . only in Wis. 7:3. He prayed earnestly. προσευχῇ προσηύξατο : a Hebraism , not infrequent in the New Testament (see Luke 22:15 ; John 3:29 ; Acts 4:17 ; Acts 5:28 ; Acts 23:1-35 . 14), in imitation of the Hebrew dissolute infinitive. For the incident alluded to by St. James, see 1 Kings 17:1 ; 1 Kings 18:1 ; but note

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