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Essays and Correspondence, Chiefly on Scriptural Subjects, Collected and Prepared for the Press by W. Burton. [with] General Index
Essays and Correspondence Chiefly on Scriptural Subjects Collected and Prepared for the Press by W Burton General Index - with Author:John Walker General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1838 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: REMARKS, CORRECTIVE OF OCCASIONAL MISTRANSLATIONS IN THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES. ' fa any sick among you ? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil, in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith shall MM the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and, if he have committed tint, they shall be forgicen him." -- James v. 14, 15. Instead of the words, " shall save the sick," we should read " shall heal the sick," or restore him to health. Nothing is more indubitable than this correction. The Greek word auau is applicable to deliverance from any danger or calamity, as preservation from drowning, (Matt. xiv. 30.) to escape in shipwreck, (Acts xxvii. 31, 44 ; xxviii. 1,4.)« less