of his weakness, calls to his aid (προσκαλέομαι) the elders of the church. These brethren, in keeping with their holy office, are to make use of spiritual means in ministering to their weak brother. “Let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.” The anointing here is not necessarily anything more than a symbolic act such as the washing of feet in John 13, and the bathing of the body in Hebrews 10:22. It was a symbol such as a Hebrew would understand more readily than others