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R.V.G. Tasker, The General Epistle ofJames, Tyndale Bible Commentar ies (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1956), p. 129. . C.L. Mitton, The Epistle of James (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1966), p. 198. . The aorist participle “anointing” can be understood as contemporaneous with the main verb “let them pray,” or as preceding prayer. The former— at the same time as prayer—seems most likely, but we cannot be certain. 9. Matt. 5213,29,30,39-41; 623,24,25; Lk. 14:26,33. 10. J.A. Motyer, The Message ofJames, The Bible Speaks Today (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1985), p. 66. 1. Shepherd of Hermas, Visions 2,4. 2. Ibid., Visions 3,5; Similitudes 9,27. 3. 1 Clement, 42. 4. Ibid., 44. 5. John Chrysostom, “Homilies on Hebrews,” in The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, 142 518. 6. William Kelly, An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews (1905; repr. ed. Charlotte: Books for Christians, n.d.), p. 267. 7. In Hebrews 1 122 the writer speaks of “the elders,” [hoi presbyteroi], or as the NASB translation expresses it, “the men of old.” Here hoi presbyteroi does not mean church officers or older men, but “the ones of old,” “the ancients,” “the ancestors,” “the earlier generations.” It includes both men and women, verses 11,31. 8. R.C.H. Lenski, The Interpretation of the Epistle to the Hebrews and the Epistle ofJames (Minneapolis: Augburg, 1966), p. 491. 9. Mlliam L. Lane, Hebrews, Word Biblical Commentary, 2 vols. (Waco: Word, 1982), 2: 555. 10. Lenski, The Interpretation of the Epistle to the Hebrews and the Epistle ofJames, p. 491. 11. Lane, Hebrews, 2: 556. 1. Kenneth O. Gangel, Feeding and Leading (Wheaton: Victor, 1989), p. 313. 2. Ibid., p. 309. 3. Bruce Stabbert, The Team Concept: Paul ’s Church Leadership Patterns or Ours? (Tacoma: Heggs, 1982), p. 120. 4. Neil Summerton, A Noble Task: Eldership and Ministry in the Local Church, 2nd ed. (Carlisle: Paternoster, 1994), p. 33. Chapter 14 Chapter 13

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