Matthew 8:17

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“This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.””

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BSBPD

“This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, `Himself took our infirmities, and the sicknesses he did bear.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 8:17 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 22:6Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.
  2. Isaiah 53:4Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
  3. Matthew 1:22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
  4. Matthew 2:15where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
  5. Matthew 2:23and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
  6. 1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

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