Luke 11:14

“And he was casting out a devil, etc.] At a certain time, either the same that is recorded in (<400932>Matthew 9:32) or in (<401222>Matthew 12:22) for both of them were attended with the same effect upon the people, and with the same calumny of the Pharisees, mentioned here: and it was dumb. The Ethiopic version reads, “deaf and dumb”; that is, the devil, which possessed the man, made him both deaf and dumb; if the same as in (<401222>Matthew 12:22) he was blind, as well as dumb: and it came to pass, when the devil was gone out; of the man possessed by him, by the command of Christ: the dumb spake; as other men did, and as he had done before; the cause being removed, the effect ceased: and…”

“BLIND AND DUMB DEMONIAC HEALED--CHARGE OF BEING IN LEAGUE WITH HELL, AND REPLY--DEMAND OF A SIGN, AND REPLY. (Luke 11:14-36) dumb--blind also (Mat 12:22).”

“See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 12:22-30. return to 'Top of Page'”

“It was dumb - That is, it made the man so. Mat 12:22. Luke 11:15”

“11:14-32 Jesus faced two challenges. He answered the first, an accusation that he was casting out demons by Satan’s power (11:15), in 11:17-26. The second was a demand for miraculous signs (11:16), which he answered in 11:29-32. 11:14 a demon from a man who couldn’t speak: Demons sometimes inflict physical disease or disability.”

“Mat 9:32, Mat 9:33, Mat 12:22, Mat 12:23; Mar 7:32-37 Luke 11:15”