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James 5:17

James 5:17
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,.... The apostle gives an instance of earnest and fervent prayer, and of the efficacy of it in Elias; who is the same with the prophet Elijah, or…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Elias - The common way of writing the word “Elijah” in the New Testament, Mat 11:14; Mat 16:14; Mat 17:3, etc. Was a man subject to like passions as we are - This does not mean that Elijah was…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Elias was a man subject to like passions - This was Elijah, and a consistency between the names of the same persons as expressed in the Old and the New Testaments should be kept up.

The word…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

James 5:12-20

This epistle now drawing to a close, the penman goes off very quickly from one thing to another: hence it is that matters so very different are insisted on in these few verses.

I. The sin of swearing…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are The word is the same as that used by St Paul in Act 14:15. The reference to the history of Elijah (1Ki 17:1; 1Ki 18:1) is noticeable, as one of the…

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