1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Matthew 8:17 | That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet *Isaias, saying: He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases. Isaias 53:4.; 1 Peter 2:24. | In the Greek of the seventy-two interpreters, for infirmities we have amartias, sins; but the evangelist refers this to our bodily infirmities, because, as St. Chrysostom observes, diseases are the punishment of sins, and frequently arrive from the diseases of the soul. (Menochius) --- The text of Isaias here quoted, regards the Messias literally. (Bible de Vence) --- He took our infirmities. The words signify both the distempers of the body and the infirmities of the soul, for Christ cured both. (Witham) |