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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.

KJV

Τότε προσηνέχθη αὐτῷ δαιμονιζόμενος τυφλὸς καὶ κωφός· καὶ ἐθεράπευσεν αὐτόν, ὥστε τὸν κωφὸν λαλεῖν καὶ βλέπειν.

Greek NT

Tunc oblatus est ei dæmonium habens, cæcus, et mutus, et curavit eum ita ut loqueretur, et videret.

Vulgate

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

ASV

Then was offered to him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, so that he spoke and saw.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βλέπω
blepo
verb · 132×
δαιμονίζομαι
daimonizomai
verb · 13×
θεραπεύω
therapeuo
verb · 43×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κωφός
kophos
adjective · 14×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
προσφέρω
prosphero
verb · 49×
τυφλός
tuphlos
adjective · 50×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
o
article · 19778×
ὥστε
oste
conjunction · 85×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: προσηνέχθη αὐτῷ δαιμονιζόμενος τυφλὸς καὶ κωφός | Treg/NA/RP: προσηνέχθη αὐτῷ δαιμονιζόμενος τυφλὸς καὶ κωφός | WH/NIV: προσήνεγκαν αὐτῷ δαιμονιζόμενον τυφλὸν καὶ κωφόν
  • προσηνέχθη αὐτῷ δαιμονιζόμενος τυφλὸς καὶ κωφόςSBLGNT
  • προσηνέχθη αὐτῷ δαιμονιζόμενος τυφλὸς καὶ κωφόςTregelles, Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
  • προσήνεγκαν αὐτῷ δαιμονιζόμενον τυφλὸν καὶ κωφόνWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: κωφὸν | WH/Treg/NIV: κωφὸν | RP: τυφλὸν καὶ κωφὸν καὶ
  • κωφὸνSBLGNT
  • κωφὸνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τυφλὸν καὶ κωφὸν καὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. This then being the first refutation, the next after it is that which relates to the disciples. For not always in one way only, but also in a second and third, He solves their objections, being minded most abundantly to silence their shamelessness. Which sort of thing He did also with respect to the Sabbath, bringing forward David, the priests, the testimony that says, I wil…

Cross-references

  • 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 t
  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 35:5 — Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
  • Isa 35:5 — Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
  • Isa 35:6 — 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.
  • Luke 4:36 — And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
  • Luke 11:14 — 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.
  • Luke 11:14 — 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.
  • Mark 3:11 — And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
  • Mark 7:35 — And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
  • Mark 10:52 — And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
  • Matt 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 lu
  • Matt 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 lu
  • Matt 8:16 — When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
  • Matt 9:27 — And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.
  • Matt 9:32 — As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.