Gave rain (υετον εδωκεν). This idiom is in the LXX of God as here of heaven (1 Samuel 12:17; 1 Kings 18:1)…

And he prayed again. The allusion here seems to be to 1 Kings 18:42, 45, though it is not expressly stated there that he p…

James now offers illustrative proof that a righteous man’s prayer is “powerful and effective.” “Elijah,” he says, “was a man just like us.” He had …

And he prayed again
(1 Kings 18:42 1 Kings 18:43) . Here also is no express mention of his p…

The sin of swearing is condemned; but how many make light of common profane swearing! Such swearing expre ly shows contempt for God's name and auth…