Matthew 8:16 (WEB)

Passage

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;

Nearby Context

Matthew 8:14 When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.

Matthew 8:15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.

Matthew 8:16 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;

Matthew 8:17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”Isaiah 53:4

Matthew 8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "healed", "evening", "came", "brought", "possessed", "demons", and "cast". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "healed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "He touched her hand and the fever..." into verse 17's "that it might be fulfilled which was...", so "Spirit" and "healed" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "healed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.