Jesus Heals at Peter's House
14When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.
15He touched her hand, and the fever lefther, and she got up and began to serve them. 16When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.…
Ok, first looking at Matt 8:17 to see the fulfillment of Isa 53 we can all agree on that I hope but what I want to point out was the fact that it was fulfilled by a Physical healing, not spiritual. So I want to post a few other commentaries pointing to the face that the verse in context is referring to physical healing.
Matthew 8:17. rophetic citation, apposite, felicitous; setting Christ’s healing ministry in a true light; giving prominence not to the thaumaturgic but to the sympathetic aspect; from the Hebrew original, the Sept[53] making the text (
Isaiah 53:4) refer to sin. The Hebrew refers to sicknesses and pains. It is useless to discuss the precise meaning of
ἔλαβεν and
ἐβάστασεν: took and bore, or took and bore
away; subjective or objective? The evangelist would note, not merely that Jesus actually did remove diseases, but that He was
minded to do so: such was His bent.
Matthew 8:17.
Ὅπως πληρωθῇ,
that it might be fulfilled) It behoved that the Physician of the soul should also remove bodily complaints from those who came in His way.[376] In this manner also, therefore, was fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah. Body and soul together form one man: the corrupting principle of both soul and body is one [namely sin];
one and the same aid was given to both by this great Physician, as the case required.—
ἔλαβε,
took) i.e. removed from us.
[376] And of whom the extraordinary numbers are from time to time noticed,
Matthew 4:23;
Matthew 9:35-36 (
Luke 4:21),
Matthew 12:15,
Matthew 15:30,
Matthew 21:14.
Now onto the quoted verse in 1 peter
1 Peter 2:24King James Version (KJV)
[SUP]24 [/SUP]Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
I want to focus on a few words here, and there meaning in Greek.
iaomai: to heal
Original Word: ἰάομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: iaomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ee-ah'-om-ahee)
Short Definition: I heal
Definition: I heal, generally of the physical, sometimes of spiritual, disease.
dikaiosuné: righteousness, justice
Original Word: δικαιοσύνη, ης, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: dikaiosuné
Phonetic Spelling: (dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay)
Short Definition: justice, justness, righteousness
Definition: (usually if not always in a Jewish atmosphere), justice, justness, righteousness, righteousness of which God is the source or author, but practically: a divine righteousness.
HELPS Word-studies
1343 dikaiosýnē (from
1349 /díkē, "a judicial verdict") – properly,
judicial approval (the
verdict of
approval); in the NT,
the approval of God ("divine approval").
1343 /dikaiosýnē ("divine
approval") is the regular NT term used for
righteousness ("God's judicial
approval").
1343 /dikaiosýnē ("the
approval of God") refers to
what is deemed right by the Lord(after His examination), i.e. what is
approved in His eyes.
Ok so the context or exegesis is that along with the promise of salvation, that there were physical real world benefits that were providing not just a spiritual revival to him, but a physical.
“the corrupting principle of both soul and body is one [namely sin];
one and the same aid was given to both by this great Physician, as the case required.—
ἔλαβε,
took) i.e. removed from us.”
The fact that we are three part being, a soul renewed by God, and a flesh that can be healed by God. “Body and soul together form one man” the Lord redeemed us from our sins and sicknesses at the same time. Accordingly, if we believe that Christ redeemed us from our sins, we should believe that He redeemed us from our sicknesses also. If we cannot believe in both kinds of redemption, we must not believe in any kind of redemption, for Jesus carried away both! we are already healed. If we are sick it is because of a lack of the right kind of knowledge, which is a lack of a belief in an area because we know it not, or a outright rejection of the belief, constituting a lack of Faith.
Let me ask this question, if a prophecy is made of a redemptive work that includes spiritual and physical healing.
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to heal
NASB Word Usage
become fresh (3), completely healed (1), heal (24), healed (22), healer (1), healing (2), heals (3), physician (1), physicians (4), purified (2), reappeared (1), repaired (2), take care
and is fulfilled by a physical healing,
15He touched her hand, and the fever lefther, and she got up and began to serve them.
And was mentioned in context again with both spiritual, and physical healing.
iaomai: to heal
Definition: I heal, generally of the physical, sometimes of spiritual, disease.
But here is more on how we are to we are healed both physically and spiritually.
The Prayer of Faith
…
14Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15Andthe prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.…
In context it is speaking of both the physical and spiritual needs being met by Christ in the context of the previously mentioned verses.
15.
and the prayer of faith shall save the sick] The context leaves no doubt that the primary thought is, as in our Lord’s words to men and women whom He healed, “Thy faith hath saved thee”—“thy faith hath made thee whole” (
Matthew 9:22;
Mark 5:34;
Mark 10:52;
Luke 7:50;
Luke 8:48;
Luke 17:19;
Luke 18:42), that the sick man should in such a case “recover his bodily health.” The “prayer of faith” was indeed not limited to that recovery in its scope, but the answer to that prayer in its higher aims, is given separately afterwards in the promise of forgiveness.
and the Lord shall raise him up] Here, as in
James 5:14, we have to think of St James as recognising not merely the power of God generally, but specifically that of the Lord Jesus, still working through His servants, as He worked personally on earth. So Peter said to Æneas, “Jesus Christ maketh thee whole” (
Acts 9:34).
It is clear in the word that God, is still active in healing.
Acts 10:38King James Version (KJV)
[SUP]38 [/SUP]How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
The same Holy Ghost that was in Christ is active in us and in the world
The primary way a believer receives God's healing power is through faith in God's Word. Believers shouldn't require a sign or wonder to believe in God's healing power. Jesus got upset when people required signs and wonders from him to believe in his healing power [John 4:48, Luke 1:18-20]. He praised people who just received his healing power by faith [Matthew 8:10 and Luke 7:9].
If we would simple take his word and believe it true.
Nowadays we have the written words of God and that is Gods authentic confirmation to the gospel. God can certainly heal still, but if it doesnt bring someone to the gospel then it is in vain.
