That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Parallel translations
- WEB that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”
- BSB This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
- NKJV that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.”
- NASB This happened so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled: “He Himself took our illnesses and carried away our diseases.”
- NLT This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah, who said, “He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases.”
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Quick answer
Matthew explains that Jesus' healings fulfill Isaiah's prophecy about the Servant bearing our infirmities and diseases. It identifies Jesus as the promised Suffering Servant.
Overview
Quoting Isaiah 53:4, Matthew presents Jesus' healing ministry as the Messiah taking upon himself the burdens of human suffering. While Isaiah 53 centers on the cross, Matthew shows the same compassionate Servant at work, his bearing of disease anticipating his bearing of sin. Christ's miracles thus point forward to the atonement, where he carries away the deepest affliction of all.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Isa 53:4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
- 1 Pet 2:24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
- Matt 1:22Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
- Matt 2:15And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
- Matt 2:23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
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Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — son of David, son of Abraham — the new Moses and true Israel in whom every prophecy reaches 'that it might be fulfilled.'
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