Albert Barnes Commentary Matthew 8:16

"And when even was come, they brought unto him many possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick:" — Matthew 8:16 (ASV)

When the even was come, etc. The fame of the miracles of Jesus would probably draw together a crowd, and those who had friends that were afflicted would bring them. All that were brought to him he healed.

This was proof of two things: first, his great benevolence; and, secondly, of his Divine mission. He might have established the latter by miracles that would do no good.

None of his miracles were performed, however, merely to make a display of power, unless the cursing of the barren fig-tree be an exception .

This was on the evening of the sabbath (Mark 1:21–32). The Jews kept the sabbath from evening to evening (Leviticus 23:32). On the sabbath they would not even bring their sick to be healed (Luke 13:14), but as soon as it was closed, on the evening of the same day, they came in multitudes to be cured.

Possessed with devils. See the notes on Matthew 4:24.

With his word. By his command; by a word.