1. Matthieu 9:32 (NEG79)
  2. Explication du texte

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

Matthieu 9:32 (NEG79)

32 Comme ils s'en allaient, voici, on amena à Jésus un démoniaque muet.

En bref

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