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He took up our infirmities

Isaiah's servant carried the sicknesses of others. Matthew saw that line kept when Jesus healed everyone brought to Him one evening in Capernaum.

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A New Testament passage quotes an earlier passage.

Old TestamentIsaiah 53:4Open this record
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New TestamentMatthew 8:17Open this record

Read the earlier witness

Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

Read the later witness

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.”
Matthew 8:17 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

Why FaithGraph draws this line

Matthew 8:17 quotes Isaiah 53:4.

Matthew applies the servant's bearing of infirmities to Jesus's evening of healings in Capernaum.

Evidence

The explanation above is FaithGraph editorial content, not Scripture.