Matthew 8:17

“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, etc.] In (<235304>Isaiah 53:4) “He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows”, here rendered, himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses: very agreeable to the Hebrew text, awh, “he himself”, not another; açn, “took up”, upon himself voluntarily, freely, as a man lifts up a burden, and takes it on his shoulders; wnylj, “our infirmities”, diseases, sicknesses, whether of body or soul, µlbs wnybakmw, “and bare”, or carried, as a man does a burden upon his back, “our sicknesses”, or diseases, which occasion pain and sorrow. And that these words are spoken of the Messiah, the Jews themselves own; for among the names…”

“That it might be fulfilled ... - This passage is found in Isaiah 53:4. Our English translation of that important passage is, “Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.” The Greek in Matthew is an exact translation of the Hebrew, and the same translation should have been made in both places. In Isaiah 53:1-12, Isaiah fully states the doctrine of the atonement, or that the Messiah was to suffer for sin. In the verse quoted here, however, he states the very truth which Matthew declares. The word translated “griefs” in Isaiah, and “infirmities” in Matthew, means properly, in the Hebrew and Greek, “diseases of the body.” In neither does it refer to the disease of the mind, or to…”

“Whereby was fulfilled what was spoken by the Prophet Isaiah - He spoke it in a more exalted sense. The evangelist here only alludes to those words, as being capable of this lower meaning also. Such instances are frequent in the sacred writings, and are elegancies rather than imperfections. He fulfilled these words in the highest sense, by bearing our sins in his own body on the tree: in a lower sense, by sympathizing with us in our sorrows, and healing us of the diseases which were the fruit of sin. Isa 53:4. Matthew 8:18”

“8:17 He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases: When he took the sins of humanity, the Messiah also took our sickness. Sickness exists because sin is in the world, and one of the effects of Jesus’ taking our sin on the cross is physical healing (1 Pet 2:24). Jesus’ healings and exorcisms demonstrated, in fulfillment of Scripture, that he is the Messiah (see Matt 11:2-6; 12:28; 1 Cor 11:29-30; Jas 5:13-16).”

“it might: Mat 1:22, Mat 2:15, Mat 2:23 Himself: Isa 53:4; Pe1 2:24 Matthew 8:18”