Matthew 8:14-17

14 Now when Jesus had come into Peter’s house, He saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.

15 So He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served them.

16 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick,

17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.”

This occasion is also reported in Mark 1:29-34 and Luke 4:38-41.

lying (v.14) = laid out sick in bed

Isaiah (v.17) — Isaiah 53:4 — Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.

Luke the physician noted that she had had a high fever, using a Greek tense that stressed its continuous, and perhaps chronic, nature. She was seriously ill. In keeping with his portrait of Jesus as a Servant, Mark said, “He … took her hand.” Matthew, in keeping with his portrait of Christ as King, said Jesus “touched her.” Luke simply recorded that Jesus “bent over her.” — Pentecost, page 146.