And then, the Bible said that He’s the same. When He came on the earth, they said He came and fulfilled that in Matthew 8, many people say. Well, if He did it, then He fulfilled it before the atonement was made. So you see, you couldn’t ta…you couldn’t say that. When anybody tells you that, it’s wrong, ’cause that was a year and six months before Jesus died. And how could He fulfill what Isaiah spoke of, there in the 53rd chapter, when…before He’d even been “wounded for our transgressions,” or, “bruised for our iniquities,” or, “with His stripes we’re healed.” His stripes hadn’t been put on Him yet, so how could it fulfill what Isaiah said, in Matthew 8? It couldn’t do it. No, sir. It wasn’t until after He was…Then if it was fulfilled there, and you say it was a shadow, just of the atonement, then what did Peter heal the man at the gate called Beautiful for—with? What atonement, what a power, and what authority was that by? See? What about with Paul, and the rest of them, on down through the age, and what is this tonight that’s a doing it?

Who Has Believed Our Report?, 1952-07-20, Hammond, IN, §15