Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Mark 6:13

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Mark 6:13 - 6:13

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13. ἐλαίῳ. Oil was believed to have healing properties (Luk 10:34; Jam 5:14), and this would aid faith on both sides. See on Joh 9:6 and Knowling on Jam 5:14. This anointing for healing purposes is very different from that which is administered when healing is believed to be impossible and death imminent. It is mentioned nowhere else in the Gospels and seems not to have been employed by Christ. Mk says nothing about cleansing lepers or raising the dead (Mat 10:8). Mt. may possibly have had some other source.