And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
And when the devil (or 'demon') was cast out, the dumb spake. The particulars in this case are not given; the object being simply to record the instantaneous restoration of the natural faculties, on the removal of the malignant oppression of them, the form which the popular astonishment took and the very different effect of it upon another class.
And the multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel - referring, probably, not to this case only, but to all those miraculous displays of healing power which seemed to promise a new era in the history of Israel. Probably they meant by this language to indicate, as far as they thought it safe to do so, their inclination to regard Him as the promised Messiah.