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Jam 5:17. Ἠλίας, Elias) The whole effect of prayer is supernatural, and so far miraculous, though it does not appear so externally.-ὁμοιοπαθὴς, subject to like passions) The same word is used, Act 14:15 : having the same πάθη, passions, the same afflictions of mind and body, which might not seem capable of such efficacy (ἐνέργεια).-[76]προσευχῇ προσηύξατο, he prayed with prayer) While the idolatry of Baal flourished, he used prayer only, but that earnest: employing no other instrumentality for the production of this result. The Hebrew phrase itself, in which a verb is joined with a substantive or a quasi-substantive, always denotes something vehement: for instance, dying thou shalt die: shalt so die, that it may deserve to be called death.
[76] προσευχῇ προσηύξατο. Thus also Luk 22:15 : ἐκιθυμίᾳ ἐπεθύμησα, With desire I have desired; i.e. earnestly desired. Joh 3:29 : χαρᾷ χαἱρει, rejoiceth with joy; i.e. greatly rejoiceth. Also 1Th 3:9.-T.