Matthew 8:17-12:41 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:16-17

The great number of his miracles , and the secret of his performing them. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:16-17

The sympathy of Christ. He has finished a long day's work, and has gone into the house for rest. Even there he finds work to do, and he heals Peter's wife's mother. Meanwhile a crowd is collecting at the door. They have brought their sick from all quarters, and Jesus cannot let them come in vain. Tired as he is, he goes forth to them and heals them nit. So touching a proof at once of the people's need and of Christ's sympathetic help leads the evangelist to see a fulfilment of the ancient... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:17

Matthew only. A summary statement of Christ's relation to diseases. That it might be fulfilled ( ὅπως πληρωθῇ ); Matthew 2:23 , note. Which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses; diseases (Revised Version); Isaiah lilt. 4, from the Hebrew. Took ( ἔλαβεν ) regards the transference, the assumption; bare ( ἐβάστασεν ), the oppressiveness; infirmities , negative; diseases , positive. St. Matthew in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:17

Bearing others' woes by sympathy. "Himself took our infirmities, anti bare our sicknesses." The evangelist is here pointing out that our Lord actually suffered with those who suffered. His power to heal was directly connected with his power to sympathize; and such sympathizing was necessarily followed by extreme weariness and physical exhaustion. If we can get a true and worthy idea of the way in which our Lord bore the sufferings which he removed, we shall be in a fair way to understand... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 8:17

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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 8:16-17

Matthew 8:16-17. When even was come, they brought unto him many, &c. The news of this miracle being spread through the town, those who had sick relations or friends resolved to apply to Jesus for a cure. Only, because it was the sabbath, they did not come immediately to him. They waited till the holy rest was ended, which, according to the Jewish form of the day, was at sunsetting, at which time, according to Mark 1:32, and Luke 4:40, they brought the sick in great numbers to him: and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 8:14-17

29. Many sick people healed (Matthew 4:23-25; Matthew 8:14-17; Mark 1:29-39; Luke 4:38-44)Further examples of the ministry of Jesus show the presence and power of the kingdom of God in healing those afflicted by Satan (Matthew 4:23-25; Mark 1:29-34). (For the significance of the kingdom of God see earlier section, ‘Jesus and the Kingdom’.) On one occasion when Jesus was staying in Capernaum, he went outside the town to find a quiet place to pray to his Father. Peter thought he was losing... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 8:17

That = So that. by = by means of. Greek. dia. Esaias = Isaiah. See App-79 . saying . Quoted from the Hebrew of Isaiah 53:4 . Compare 1 Peter 2:24 . took . . . bare. The two words together fulfill the sense of the Hebrew (Isaiah 53:4 ). The Inspirer of Isaiah adapts and deals as He pleases with His own words. bare = to take up for one's self; to bear our infirmities as in Luke 14:27 . Romans 15:1 .Galatians 1:5 , Galatians 1:10 ; Galatians 6:17 . Compare John 4:6 . sicknesses. Greek. ... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 8:17

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet Isaiah, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.The passage quoted by Matthew is Isaiah 53:4. Matthew constantly appealed to the prophetic writers of the Old Testament, citing their long established and widely-known words as proof of Jesus' claim to be the Messiah. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 8:17

Matthew 8:17. That it might be fulfilled, &c.— This prophecy of Isaiah relates properly to the sins of men, whereof diseases are the emblem and the consequence; for which reason the original Hebrew words rendered here our infirmities have been by the LXX, and by St. Peter, 1Pe 2:24 translated our sins. Grotius has observed that the original word εβαστασεν signifies, "to carry a heavy load," Romans 15:1. Gal 6:2 and so expresses well the indefatigable labours of Christ, spending the evening... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:16-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:16-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 8:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 8:16-17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 8:14-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 8:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 8:17

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 8:17

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