Matthew 12 · Verse 22

Matthew 12:22

Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
Matthew 12:22, King James Version

Matthew 12:22 in other translations

BSBThen a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.
WEBThen one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him; and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
ASVThen was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the dumb man spake and saw.
YLTThen was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
DARBYThen was brought to him one possessed by a demon, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the dumb man spake and saw.
BBEThen they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.
WebsterThen was brought to him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb; and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw.

What does Matthew 12:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil--"a demonized person." blind and dumb, and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and the dumb both spake and saw.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verses 22-30. One possessed with a devil. Mt 4:24. The same account, substantially, is found in Mk 3:22-27 Lk 11:14-26.

(w) "Then was brought" Mk 3:11, Lk 11:14

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 One possessed with a devil, blind and dumb - A person from whom the indwelling demon took away both sight and hearing. Satan makes himself master of the heart, the eyes, and the tongue of the sinner. His heart he fills with the love of sin; his eyes he blinds that he may not see his guilt, and the perdition which awaits him; and his tongue he hinders from prayer and supplication, though he gives it increasing liberty in blasphemies, lies, slanders, etc. None but Jesus can redeem from this threefold captivity.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 12:22-30
A soul under Satan's power, and led captive by him, is blind in the things of God, and dumb at the throne of grace; sees nothing, and says nothing to the purpose. Satan blinds the eyes by unbelief, and seals up the lips from prayer. The more people magnified Christ, the more desirous the Pharisees were to vilify him. It was evident that if Satan aided Jesus in casting out devils, the kingdom of hell was divided against itself; how then could it stand! And if they said that Jesus cast out devils by the prince of the devils, they could not prove that their children cast them out by any other power. There are two great interests in the world; and when unclean spirits are cast out by the Holy Spirit, in the conversion of sinners to a life of faith and obedience, the kingdom of God is come unto us. All who do not aid or rejoice in such a change are against Christ.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Matthew 12:22 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΤότεToteThenG5119
προσηνέχθηprosēnechthēwas broughtG4374
αὐτῷautōto HimG846
δαιμονιζόμενοςdaimonizomenos[one] being demonisedG1139
τυφλὸςtuphlosblindG5185
καὶkaiandG2532
κωφός,kōphosmute,G2974
καὶkaiandG2532
ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenHe healedG2323
αὐτὸνautonhimG846
ὥστεhōstein order forG5620
τὸνtontheG3588
κωφὸνkōphonmute [man]G2974
λαλεῖνlaleinto speakG2980
καὶkaiandG2532
βλέπειν.blepeinto see.G991

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Cross references for Matthew 12:22

  • Luke 11:14-15

    And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.

  • Mark 7:35-37

    And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

  • Isaiah 29:18

    And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

  • Isaiah 35:5-6

    Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

  • Acts 26:18

    To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

  • Mark 3:11

    And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

  • Matthew 4:24

    And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

  • Matthew 9:32-34

    As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.

  • Isaiah 32:3-4

    And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
was.
9:32; Mr 3:11; Lu 11:14
he healed.
Mr 7:35-37; 9:17-26
blind.
Ps 51:15; Isa 29:18; 32:3,4; 35:5,6; Ac 26:18

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Context

  • Matthew 12:21

    And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

  • Matthew 12:22

    Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

  • Matthew 12:23

    And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?

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Matthew 12:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces fué traído á él un endemoniado, ciego y mudo, y le sanó; de tal manera, que el ciego y mudo hablaba y veía.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Alors il lui fut amené un démoniaque aveugle et muet, et il le guérit; de sorte que l’homme aveugle et muet parlait et voyait.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dann wurde ein Besessener zu ihm gebracht, blind und stumm; und er heilte ihn, so daß der Blinde und Stumme redete und sah.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tunc oblatus est ei dæmonium habens, cæcus, et mutus, et curavit eum ita ut loqueretur, et videret.