<p>8:17&nbsp;<i>So that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: He took our infirmities and bore our diseases</i>- &ldquo;He took our infirmities and bore our diseases&rdquo; is how Is. 53 described the cross; but these words are quoted in Mt. 8:16,17 about the Lord&rsquo;s healing of people. The miracles therefore were performed in the spirit of the cross- personally identifying with the sick and healing them through that identification.</p>