Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Of like passions with us (omoiopaqhv hmin). Associative-instrumental case hmin as with omoiov. This old compound adjective (omoios, pasxw), suffering the like with another, in N.T. only here and Acts 14:15.
He prayed fervently (proseuxh proshucato). First aorist middle indicative of proseuxomai and the instrumental case proseuxh (cognate substantive), after idiom for intensity in classical Greek, like feugein fugh, to flee with all speed (figura etymologica), but particularly frequent in the LXX (Genesis 2:17; Genesis 31:30) in imitation of the Hebrew infinitive absolute. So Luke 22:15; John 3:29; Acts 4:17.
That it might not rain (tou mh brecai). Genitive of the articular infinitive (brecai, first aorist active of brexw, old verb, to moisten, Luke 7:38, to rain, Matthew 5:45) with negative mh used either for direct purpose, for an object clause as here and Acts 3:12; Acts 15:20, or even for result.
For three years and six months (eniautouv treiv kai mhnav ec). Accusative of extent of time.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing James 5:17:
Luke 4:25
Acts 14:15
James 5:18
Revelation 11:6
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