Matthew 12:22

“Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, etc.] About this time, or some little time after, when he was returned from the sea of Galilee, and was come into a certain house; (see <410319>Mark 3:19 <401246> Matthew 12:46,13:1) some persons brought him a demoniac, in compassion to the possessed man, and being persuaded of the power of Christ to heal him by the late cures he had performed. A like instance we have in (<400932>Matthew 9:32,33,34; <421114>Luke 11:14,15), which had a like effect upon the people, and cavilled at by the Pharisees in much the same way; and which cavils were answered in much the same words; and yet the case is not the same; for that man was only dumb, but…”

“A BLIND AND DUMB DEMONIAC HEALED AND REPLY TO THE MALIGNANT EXPLANATION PUT UPON IT. ( = Mar 3:20-30; Luk 11:14-23). (Mat. 12:22-37) Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil--"a demonized person." blind and dumb, and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and the dumb both spake and saw.”

“Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil - See the notes at Matthew 4:24. The same account, substantially, is found in Mark 3:22-27, and Luke 11:14-26. Matthew 12:23 Is not this the Son of David? - That is, Is not this the promised “descendant” of David, the Messiah? They were acquainted with the prophecy in Isaiah 35:5, “Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped,” and they inferred that he must be the promised Messiah who was able to do this. This inference was drawn by the common people, and not by the proud and haughty Pharisees. It is not uncommon that people of plain common sense, though unlearned, see the true meaning of the…”

“A demoniac, blind and dumb - Many undoubtedly supposed these defects to be merely natural. But the Spirit of God saw otherwise, and gives the true account both of the disorder and the cure. How many disorders, seemingly natural, may even now be owing to the same cause? Luk 11:14. Matthew 12:23”

“12:22-45 The Messiah was rejected by the Pharisees, the teachers of religious law, and his own generation.”

“was: Mat 9:32; Mar 3:11; Luk 11:14 he healed: Mar 7:35-37, Mar 9:17-26 blind: Psa 51:15; Isa 29:18, Isa 32:3, Isa 32:4, Isa 35:5, Isa 35:6; Act 26:18 Matthew 12:23”