# This was to fulfill

"Jesus did this to fulfill"

# what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet

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 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]])