“Et adducunt ei surdum, et mutum, et deprecabantur eum, ut imponat illi manum.”
“And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.”
“Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.”
“They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.”
“And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him.”
Dumb.[2] The Greek signifies one that speaks little, or with difficulty. (Witham) — They besought him. In the Greek it is, they beseech him, which agrees so well with they bring, that we have every reason to believe that this was the original reading.
3. He looked up to heaven, to give his Father the praise of what he did; for he sought his praise, and did his will, and, as Mediator, acted in dependence on him, and with an eye to him. Thus he signified that it was by a divine power, a power her had as the Lord from heaven, and brought with him thence, that he did this; for the hearing ear and the seeing eye the Lord has made, and can remake even both of them. He also hereby directed his patient who could see, though he could not hear, to look up to heaven for relief. Moses with his stammering tongue is directed to look that way (Exod 4 11); Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh the dumb or deaf, or the seeing or the blind? Have not I the Lord?
Verses 31-37 Here is a cure of one that was deaf and dumb. Those who brought this poor man to Christ, besought him to observe the case, and put forth his power. Our Lord used more outward actions in the doing of this cure than usual. These were only signs of Christ's power to cure the man, to encourage his faith, and theirs that brought him. Though we find great variety in the cases and manner of relief of those who applied to Christ, yet all obtained the relief they sought. Thus it still is in the great concerns of our souls.