1. Matthew 9:32 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why was the demon-oppressed man who was mute brought to Jesus?

Matthew 9:32 (ESV)

32 As they were going away, behold, a demon-oppressed man who was mute was brought to him.

In short

Since merely human exorcists relied on their formulae being heard by the victims of demon oppression, they could not help a deaf man. Matthew’s word behold implies how unusual this case was.

Earthly exorcists are unable to treat the man who was deaf-mute, for because of the man’s deafness, the demon was isolated from their exorcising formulae. Matthew 9:32 directs our attention to the exceptionality of the case by emphatically introducing it with the word behold.1