“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”
This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: He took our illnesses and bore our diseases. The citation of Isaiah 53:4 applies the suffering servant's bearing of illness and disease to Jesus' healing ministry. The original Isaiah text is about the servant bearing the people's sin and suffering; Matthew applies it to the physical healings. The connection is not incidental: Jesus' healing ministry is the firstfruits of the full salvation that will include the bearing of sin at the cross. The same servant who bore our sins (1 Peter 2:24) bore our diseases in his healing ministry — the cross and the healings are aspects of the same redemptive mission.
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