Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
Ver. 31. They glorified the God of Israel] They saw God in those miraculous cures and gave him his due praise. He is content that we should have the comfort of his benefits, so he may have the glory of them; that's all the rent and return he looks for. All the fee Christ required for his cures was, "Go and tell what God hath done for thee; go show thyself to the priest, and offer," &c. But we, instead of being temples of God's praise, become many times graves of his benefits. This made good David so often to put the thorn to his breast, Psalms 103:1,3; and King Alphonsus not so much to wonder at his courtiers' ingratitude to him, as at his own to God.