Matthew 9:32

“As they went out, etc.] The Syriac version reads it, “when Jesus went out”; to which agrees the Arabic, against all the copies: for not he, but the men who had been blind, and now had their sight restored, went out from the house where Jesus was; which circumstance is mentioned, and by it the following account is introduced, partly to show how busy Christ was, how he was continually employed in doing good, and that as soon as one work of mercy was over, another offered; and partly, to observe how closely and exactly the prophecies of the Old Testament were fulfilled; in which, as it was foretold, that “the eyes of the blind” should “be opened”; so likewise, that “the tongue of the dumb”…”

“As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil--"demonized." The dumbness was not natural, but was the effect of the possession.”

“And as they went out, behold, they brought unto him - That is, the friends of the dumb man brought him. This seems to have occurred as soon as the blind men which had been healed left him. Possibly it was from what they had observed of his power in healing them. A dumb man possessed with a devil - That is, the effect of the “possession,” in his case, was to deprive him of speech. Those “possessed with devils” were affected in different ways (see the notes at Matthew 4:24), and there is no improbability in supposing that if other forms of disease occurred under demoniacal possessions, this form might occur also. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Luk 11:14. Matthew 9:33”

“9:32-34 The Messiah’s acts invoke faith, astonishment, and derisive rejection. 9:32 Enabling the deaf to hear and the mute to speak is a sign of the Kingdom of God (11:4-5; Isa 35:5-6).”

“a dumb: Mat 12:22, Mat 12:23; Mar 9:17-27; Luk 11:14 Matthew 9:33”