Matthew 8:16 (WEB)
When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick,
Fathers and councils · 13
Augustine of Hippo
“…healed all that were sick: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 16–18.
Read the whole comment“This is the case, for example, when Matthew represents the Lord to have said, “Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?” while Mark’s version is, “Why are ye fearful?” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 16.
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John Chrysostom
““When the even was come, they brought unto Him many that were possessed with devils: and He cast out the spirits from them with a word, and healed all that were sick: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet Esaias, that He took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 16, 17. [R.V. “our diseases.”]
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Because the multitude of believers was now very great, they would not depart from Christ, though time pressed; but in the evening they bring unto Him the sick. “When it was evening, they brought unto him many that…
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The words, “Now when it was evening,” shew that the evening of the same day is meant. This would not have been implied, had it been only “when it was evening.”
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
Christ the Son of God, the Author of human salvation, the fount and source of all goodness, furnished heavenly medicine, “He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick.” Daemons and diseases He…
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Observe how great a multitude of cured the Evangelist here runs through, not relating the case of each, but in one word introducing an innumerable flood of miracles. That the greatness of the miracle should not raise…
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“Took” them not that He should have them Himself, but that He should take them away from us; “and bare our sicknesses,” in that what we were too weak to bear, He should bear for us.
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He took the infirmity of human nature so as to make us strong who had before been weak.
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
And by the passion of His body, according to the words of the Prophet, He absorbed all the infirmities of human weakness.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
The Prophet seems to have meant this of sins; how then does the Evangelist explain it of bodily diseases? It should be understood, that either he cites the text literally, or he intends to inculcate that most of our…
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It should be noted, that all the sick were healed not in the morning nor at noon, but rather about sunset; as a corn of wheat dies in the ground that it may bring forth much fruit.
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Sunset shadows forth the passion and death of Him Who said, “While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” [John 9:5] Who while He lived temporally in the flesh, taught only a few of the Jews; but having…
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.23.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.23.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.23.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.23.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.23.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.23.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.23.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.23.
Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 8:16–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).