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Matthew 12:22 KJV
Matthew · chapter 12 · verse 22
Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.Matthew 12:22 · King James Version
Matthew 12:22 in context
20A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
21And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
22Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
23And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- broughtprospherōto bring to, lead to, one to a person who can heal him or is ready to show him some…G4374 →
- healedtherapeuōto serve, do service, to heal, cure, restore to healthG2323 →
- devildaimonizomaito be under the power of a demonG1139 →
- blindtyphlosblind, mentally blindG5185 →
- spakelaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- dumbkōphosblunted, dull, blunted in tongue, dumb, blunted, dull in hearing, deafG2974 →
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In these verses we have, I. Christ's glorious conquest of Satan, in the gracious cure of one who, by the divine permission, was under his power, and in his possession, Mat 12:22. Here observe, 1. The man's case was very sad; he was possessed with a devil.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-37