Pulpit Comm:"St. Matthew in this verse calls attention to two points. First, that prophecy had foretold that Christ would heal the sick Isaiah 53,4. Secondly, that the method by which Christ did this was specially noteworthy. He did not perform miracles by magic, nor by the power of God exerted as it were externally on his behalf, nor by his own inherent Divine power, but by himself bearing the sicknesses that he removed. He wrought his miracles at his own expense,and that expense the greatest. The thought is far-reaching, and implies both that he bore the ultimate cause of sickness, the sin of the world (John 1:29), and also that each miracle of healing meant for him a fresh realization of what bearing the sin of the world included."