13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.



Ver. 13. And anointed with oil many, &c.] By the misunderstanding of this text, and that Jam_5:14, Pro pastoribus habuit Ecclesia unguentarios, et pigmentarios; qui hoc praetextu miseras oviculas non tantum ungerent, sed etiam emungerent. {a} This oil in the text was used, not as a medicine, but as a sign and symbol of that power of miraculous healing.



{a} Bezae Confess.