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 This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "what Isaiah the prophet had spoken" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 
-# He took away our illnesses and bore our diseases
+# He took our illnesses and bore our diseases
 
 Matthew is quoting the prophet Isaiah to show that when Jesus healed people, he fulfilled what Isaiah had said would happen. These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize that Jesus truly did this. Alternate translation: "Truly he took our illnesses"  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])