He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
KJV From Gills Exposition of the Entire Bible - He sent his word, and healed them,.... It was his will and pleasure they
should be healed, and accordingly they were; he issued his orders for the
removal of the affliction, and it was done; diseases are his servants, which
come and go at his command; so Christ, in the days of his flesh, healed by
speaking a word, Matthew 8:3. This is true of
Christ the essential Word, who was sent in the fulness of time, and was made
flesh and dwelt among men, and went about healing all manner of diseases among
the people; and who is also the physician of souls who came with healing in his
wings; that is, with pardon of sin, for which his blood was shed: he is the only
physician, the skilful, universal, and infallible one, and does all freely, and
in a most marvellous manner, by his stripes, blood and wounds, and by an
application of these to diseased persons sensible of their case. It may also be
applied to the word of the Gospel; the law is the means of wounding, it is the
killing letter; the Gospel is the means of healing, the doctrines of it are the
leaves of the tree of life, which are for the healing of the nations; it is the
doctrine of remission of sins by the blood of Christ, and by it Christ speaks
peace and pardon to wounded consciences.
And delivered them from their destructions; from the destruction of the body,
of the beauty and strength of it by diseases; restoring to health is a redeeming
of the life from destruction; from the grave, the pit of corruption and
destruction, so called because in it bodies corrupt, putrefy, and are destroyed
by worms; and such who are savingly convinced of sin, and blessed with pardoning
grace and mercy, are delivered from the everlasting destruction of body and soul
in hell.
