Objection: Matthew 8:17 Refers to Physical Pain and Mental Anguish That Jesus Endured in His Own Life

The objector apparently believes that when Isaiah said that Jesus bore OUR sicknesses and carried OUR pains, he meant the sicknesses and pains that are common to man.  This almost seems reasonable – until you find out that the word translated hath borne (Hebrew nasa) that describes what Jesus did with our sicknesses in Isaiah 53:4 is the same word used in Isaiah 53:12 to describe what Jesus did with our sins.  Jesus did NOT bear His own sins – He had none.  He took ours.  Likewise, for the wording in Isaiah to be consistent, we must recognize that Jesus did NOT bear His own sicknesses – He had none.  He took ours.

Also, if the objector is correct, Matthew 8:17 makes no sense at all in its context, which is that Jesus healed them all, that what Isaiah said might be fulfilled – “He took our sicknesses.”  It is demonstrated elsewhere in this book that this MUST refer to His future atonement and not to anything during His ministry before then.  By the objector’s “logic,” Isaiah says that Jesus healed everyone else that evening that it might be fulfilled that He Himself had physical and mental ailments.  That makes no sense whatsoever once you think about it.