For years we have considered Matthew 4:23, 24 closely. When I first studied this in the Greek New Testament, my spirit leaped. I shared what I saw with Glenda. She became excited. For years it became the theme of ministry through her. Today I want you to look at it briefly with me. In it we take note of the various kinds of illness that Jesus healed. They don’t all become obvious in the translation, but in the Original it is clear that there were eight categories of illness that He healed. Some have concluded that the beatings on Jesus before He died were with thirty-nine stripes, and that they were for the 39 types of illness that are known today. Whether that be an accurate interpretation or not, we don’t know. We do know, however, that with His stripes we are healed(Isaiah 53:5). Peter, who ministered the healing power of the Gospel, believed strongly in this passage from Isaiah. He quoted from it as he wrote of the Lord Jesus. He said that it was by His stripes ye were healed (I Peter 2:24). We take note that he said, “were healed,” an indication of a work finished.

Matthew 4:23,24—And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And His fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto Him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and He healed them.

 

FATHER, I praise You for the faith You are placing in my heart today, to believe for the release of healing power into these lives I am about to name before You.  Some of them seem hopeless. Nevertheless, I call their names before Your Throne. Let them become aware of Your healing presence. Let faith come into them that will enable them to receive what the Lord Jesus has obtained for them.

Taking Note How Jesus Dealt with  an Unclean Spirit
Mark 1:23-26