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Selected Verse: Matthew 9:32 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 9:32 |
Strong Concordance |
As [1161] they [846] went out [1831], behold [2400], they brought [4374] to him [846] a dumb [2974] man [444] possessed with a devil [1139]. |
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King James |
As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 Mat 4:24), and there is no improbability in supposing that if other forms of disease occurred under demoniacal possessions, this form might occur also. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
possessed, devil
(Greek, "daimonizomai", "demonized").
(See Scofield) - (Mat 7:22). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Dumb (κωφὸν)
The word is also used of deafness (Mat 11:5; Mar 7:32; Luk 7:22). It means dull or blunted. Thus Homer applies it to the earth; the dull, senseless earth ("Iliad," xxiv., 25). Also to a blunted dart ("Iliad," xi., 390). The classical writers use it of speech, hearing, sight, and mental perception. In the New Testament, only of hearing and speech, the meaning in each case being determined by the context. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Luk 11:14. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| A dumb man possessed with a devil - Some demons rendered the persons they possessed paralytic, some blind, others dumb, etc. It was the interest of Satan to hide his influences under the appearance of natural disorders. A man who does not acknowledge his sin to God, who prays not for salvation, who returns no praises for the mercies he is continually receiving, may well be said to be possessed with a dumb demon. |
24 And [2532] his [846] fame [189] went [565] throughout [1519] all [3650] Syria [4947]: and [2532] they brought [4374] unto him [846] all [3956] sick [2560] people [2192] that were taken with [4912] divers [4164] diseases [3554] and [2532] torments [931], and [2532] those which were possessed with devils [1139], and [2532] those which were lunatick [4583], and [2532] those that had the palsy [3885]; and [2532] he healed [2323] them [846].
22 Many [4183] will say [2046] to me [3427] in [1722] that [1565] day [2250], Lord [2962], Lord [2962], have we [4395] not [3756] prophesied [4395] in thy [4674] name [3686]? and [2532] in thy [4674] name [3686] have cast out [1544] devils [1140]? and [2532] in thy [4674] name [3686] done [4160] many [4183] wonderful works [1411]?
22 Then [2532] Jesus [2424] answering [611] said [2036] unto them [846], Go your way [4198], and tell [518] John [2491] what things [3739] ye have seen [1492] and [2532] heard [191]; how [3754] that the blind [5185] see [308], the lame [5560] walk [4043], the lepers [3015] are cleansed [2511], the deaf [2974] hear [191], the dead [3498] are raised [1453], to the poor [4434] the gospel is preached [2097].
32 And [2532] they bring [5342] unto him [846] one that was deaf [2974], and had an impediment in his speech [3424]; and [2532] they beseech [3870] him [846] to [2443] put [2007] his hand [5495] upon him [846].
5 The blind [5185] receive their sight [308], and [2532] the lame [5560] walk [4043], the lepers [3015] are cleansed [2511], and [2532] the deaf [2974] hear [191], the dead [3498] are raised up [1453], and [2532] the poor [4434] have the gospel preached to them [2097].
14 And [2532] he was [2258] casting out [1544] a devil [1140], and [2532] it [846] was [2258] dumb [2974]. And [1161] it came to pass [1096], when the devil [1140] was gone out [1831], the dumb [2974] spake [2980]; and [2532] the people [3793] wondered [2296].