“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”
Matthew 8:17 — Greek Interlinear
Church Fathers on Matthew 8:17
Because the multitude of believers was now very great, they would not depart from Christ, though time pressed; but in the evening they bring unto Him the sick. 'When it was evening, they brought unto him many that had daemons.'
The words, 'Now when it was evening,' shew that the evening of the same day is meant. This would not have been implied, had it been only 'when it was evening.'
Christ the Son of God, the Author of human salvation, the fount and source of all goodness, furnished heavenly medicine, 'He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick.' Daemons and diseases He sent away with a word, that by these signs, and mighty works, He might shew that He was come for the salvation of the human race.