Matthew 8:14-17 - He Took Our Illnesses

“The Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—are four different eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection.
Sometimes they tell the same stories from different angles—like four people watching the same event from different seats in a stadium or 4 eye witnesses to a car accident.
 When two or more Gospels record the same event, we call those ‘parallel passages.’
 These give us a fuller picture of what happened, because each writer emphasizes different details to make specific points about who Jesus is.”

“Think of it like four camera angles in a documentary. Matthew might focus on fulfillment of prophecy, Luke might highlight Jesus’ compassion, Mark emphasizes urgency, and John gives theological depth. Together, they show us the one true Christ from four inspired perspectives.

Matthew 8:14-17

Text: Matthew 8:14–17

Parallel Texts: Mark 1:29–34; Luke 4:38–41

“He Took Our Illnesses”

When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.

When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

“He took up our infirmities

and bore our diseases.”