Mark 6:13 records disciples anointing the sick with oil and healing them, directly paralleling the practice commanded here.

In Job 42:8, Job prays for his friends and God heals them, showing intercessory prayer restoring health and forgiveness.

Peter prays and raises Tabitha in Acts 9:40, a NT parallel of prayer for restoration, though without anointing oil.

In Genesis 20:7, Abraham prays for Abimelech's household, providing an OT precedent for intercessory prayer for healing by a spiritual leader.

In 1 Kings 17:21, Elijah prays for a dead boy to live, a parallel example of prayer restoring life, though without oil.

Elisha prays alone for a dead boy in 2 Kings 4:33, another OT precedent of prayer for restoration, no anointing.

Isaiah 33:24 links sickness and forgiveness, paralleling James 5:15 where sin is forgiven when the sick are prayed for.

Matthew 18:19 emphasizes agreed prayer's power, undergirding the elders' united prayer for the sick in James.

1 Corinthians 12:9 lists gifts of healing, showing that healing is a spiritual gift, which complements the elders' prayer for the sick.

1 John 5:16 instructs prayer for a brother's sin, parallel to James 5:15's promise of forgiveness through prayer for the sick.