The Messiah would take away sickness.
Prophecy -
Isaiah 53:4
Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
Fulfillment -
Matthew 8:16-17
When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
“He Himself took our infirmities
And bore our sicknesses.”
Why the discrepancy between the verses? Isaiah says borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, but Matthew says bore our sicknesses. What's up? The Hebrew word choliy is the word used in Isaiah and is translated grief in our King James Bible. It literally means sickness and is translated that way 12 other times in the Old Testament. It is translated seven times as disease. So Isaiah did mean sickness in that passage. The word sorrows in Isaiah is the Hebrew word makob, and it means pain, whether physical or mental. So we could very well read Isaiah 53:4 as, "Surely He has borne our sickness and carried our pain." For Matthew to write it as sickness is entirely accurate.
This is a continuation of our Christmas Prophecy series. To read part one and two, click here:
Christmas Prophecy 1
Christmas Prophecy 2
Christmas Prophecy 3
Christmas Prophecy 4
Christmas Prophecy 1
Christmas Prophecy 2
Christmas Prophecy 3
Christmas Prophecy 4
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