SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:32
Y saliendo ellos, he aquí, le trajeron un hombre mudo, endemoniado.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 9:32
Verse 32. A dumb man possessed with a devil.] Some demons rendered the persons they possessed paralytic, some blind, others dumb, &c. 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.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 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 should sing, ( Isaiah 35:5,6). Behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil . The word signifies one that is deaf, as well as dumb; as does the Hebrew word rj , often used by the Jewish writers for a deaf and dumb man; one, they say f589 , that can neither hear nor speak, and is unfit for sacrifice, and excused many things: and indeed these two, deafness and dumbness, always go together in persons, who are deaf from their birth; for as they cannot hear, they cannot learn to speak: but this man seems to be dumb, not by nature, but through the possession of Satan, who had taken away, or restrained the use of his speech, out of pure malice and ill will, that he might not have the benefit of conversation with men, nor be able to say anything to the glory of God. This man did not come of himself to Christ, perhaps being unwilling, through the power and influence the devil had over him; but his friends, who were concerned for his welfare, and who were thoroughly persuaded of the power of Christ to heal him, by the miracles they had seen, or heard performed by him, brought him to him; and, no doubt, expressed their desire that he would cast out the devil, and cure him, which he did.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 32-34 - Of the two, better a dumb devil than a blaspheming one. Christ's cure strike at the root, and remove the effect by taking away the cause they open the lips, by breaking Satan's power in the soul. Nothing can convince those who are under the power of pride. They will believ anything, however false or absurd, rather than the Holy Scriptures thus they show the enmity of their hearts against a holy God.
Greek Textus Receptus
αυτων 846 P-GPM δε 1161 CONJ εξερχομενων 1831 5740 V-PNP-GPM ιδου 2400 5628 V-2AAM-2S προσηνεγκαν 4374 5656 V-AAI-3P αυτω 846 P-DSM ανθρωπον 444 N-ASM κωφον 2974 A-ASM δαιμονιζομενον 1139 5740 V-PNP-ASM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
32. Dumb (kwfon). The word is also used of deafness (Matt. xi. 5; Mark vii. 32; Luke vii. 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.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
9:32 {A dumb man} (kwfon). Literally blunted in tongue as here and so dumb, in ear as in #Mt 11:5 and so deaf. Homer used it of a blunted dart (_Iliad_ xi. 390). Others applied it to mental dulness.
