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Matthew 8–11

The Two Testaments

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Matthew's Fulfillment of Isaiah 53

In Isaiah, all the way from chapter 42 through 53, we have what are often called the Isaiah servants' arms or servant poems. I think Matthew makes something of these various texts because he will allude to them and say Jesus is this one who is the servant. So that's why I understand Jesus filling this role on Isaiah 53, that this is the one representative of Israel who can do this healing.

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