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Matthew 8:17
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Matthew, the narrator, pauses after a day of healing (v. 16) to cite Isaiah, framing Jesus' work as prophetic fulfillment before the crowd scene of v. 18.
The words — πληρωθῆναι (plērōthēnai), aorist passive subjunctive of πληρόω, "it may be filled/fulfilled"; it is the engine of Matthew's fulfillment formula, marking the event as the completion of prior speech.
The thread — The direct source is Isaiah 53:4; 1 Peter 2:24 redeploys the same Servant language in a crucifixion context; Matthew 1:22 uses the identical ὅπως…πληρωθῆναι…ῥηθὲν construction.
Why it lands — It asks the reader to treat the healing not as a standalone miracle but as the same act Isaiah ascribed to the Suffering Servant, so that the cross (Isaiah 53:4–5) and the healing table (Matthew 8:16) are one continuous work.
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The Greek words
King James Version
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 53:4 Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
- 1 Peter 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- Matthew 1:22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
- Matthew 2:15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
- Matthew 2:23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”