Matthew 12:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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 n...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (4) 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. (4) A truth, be it ever so obvious, is subject to t...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Jesus-' Answer to the Verdict of the Jerusalem Scribes, and the Intervention of His Family ( Mark 3:20-35 *, Luke 11:14-23 ; Luke 11:29-32 ; Luke 12:10 ; Luke 8:19-21 ). For the painful statem...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  one possessed with. devil . a demoniac. Greek. daimonizomai. insomuch that . so that.

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• Matthew 12:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Matthew 12:22 . Then was brought to him. Luke explains from the effect, that the devil by which the man was possessed was dumb; but Matthew says, that a twofold plague had been inflicted...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1353 THE BLIND AND DUMB DΖMONIAC HEALED Matthew 12:22-23 . Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb bo...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. One possessed with a devil, blind and dumb - A person fr...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  One possessed, &c.— A demoniac.

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• Matthew 12:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. Then was brought unto him one possessed with a d...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Plucking Corn on the Sabbath. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath ( Mark 2:23 ; Luke 6:1 ). This chapter begins the period of active conflict with the Pharisees...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The narrative that follows is again a stumbling-block in the way of harmonists. St. Luke ( Luke 11:14 ) places it after the feeding of the five thousand; St. Mark ( Mark 3:22 ) immediately after the...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1-30 ; Matthew 12:1-50 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1-30 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's recor...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Testimony of Deeds of Mercy Matthew 12:15-23 A reed is not of much account. You may see hundreds of them encircling a stagnant pond and bending before the breeze. A bruised reed is stil...

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• Matthew 12:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His people the true conception of the sanctity of the Sabb...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "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. (23) And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not t...

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• Matthew 12:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil ,.... 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 Mark 3:19...

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• Matthew 12:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 22. One possessed with a devil, blind and dumb...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then was brought unto him Namely, By the person's friends, one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb Many, no doubt, supposed these defects to be merely natural: but the Spirit of God saw otherw...

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• Matthew 12:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter rejection of their Messiah. The expression "at that...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Sin against the Holy Ghost.       22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomu...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Some think this person was the same mentioned Luke 11:14 , I presume, because the following discourse there is much the same with what followeth here; but others are of another mind; and it is cer...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘Then was brought to him one who was possessed with a demon, blind and dumb, and he healed him, in so much that the dumb man spoke and saw.' Matthew now introduces an example of someone who needs th...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 12:23 . Is not this the Son of David? —See “The Parallel New Testament” (1882). The “not” is omitted in both columns. It “was wisely omitted by King James’ translators. It...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Scofield Reference Notes

  possessed (Greek, "daimonizomai", "demonized"). ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 7:22 ).

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• Matthew 12:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Matthew 12:2 . Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day. The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of barley in their hunger, while others enjoyed their...

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• Matthew 12:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

  One possessed with a devil, blind and dumb. I. What kind of power satan still exercises generally over mankind. II. All who apply to, Jesus shall surely obtain deliverance. III. On this deli...

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• Matthew 12:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Matthew 12:1-40 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies ( Matthew 12:1-40 ); (2) from his relations ( Matthew 12:46-40 ); ,and the manner in which he de...

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• Matthew 12:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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. This narrative fittingly illustrates the gradual gro...

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• Matthew 12:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 26:18 ; Isaiah 29:18 ; Isaiah 32:3 ; Isaiah 32:4 ; Isaiah 35:5 ; Isaiah 35:6 ; Luke 11:14 ; Mark 3:11 ; Mark 7:35-37 ; Mark 9:17-26 ; Matthew 9:32 ; Psalms 51:15

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• Matthew 12:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  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 man...

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