And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son - "mine only child" (Luke 9:38),
Which hath a dumb spirit - a spirit whose operation had the effect of rendering his victim speechless, and deaf also (Mark 9:25). In Matthew's report of the speech (Matthew 17:15), the father says "he is lunatic;" this being another and most distressing effect of the possession.