From Nave’s Topical Bible
Dumb (Deafness, Mute)
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 12Passages listed
- 4Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Stricken of GodExodus 4:11Luke 1:20Luke 1:64
- Miraculous healing of, by JesusMatthew 9:32Matthew 9:33Matthew 12:22Matthew 15:30Matthew 15:31Mark 7:37Mark 9:17Mark 9:25Mark 9:26
- See Deafness
The passages, in Bible order (12)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 12 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Exodus 4:11
And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
Commentary on Exodus 4:111 voice
Just as in Exodus God speaks to Moses, when he delays and fears to go to the people, saying, "Who gave a mouth to man and who made the dumb and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? Did not I the Lord God? Go now, and I shall open your mouth, and I will teach you what you shall speak."
Cyprian· Treatise XI. Exhortation to Martyrdom 10, 258Patristic
- Matthew 9:32
As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus.
Commentary on Matthew 9:321 voice
What is called in Greek kophos is more commonly known as deaf rather than dumb, but the Scriptures indiscriminately use kophos to mean dumb or deaf. Spiritually, just as the blind men receive light, so too the dumb man's tongue is loosened that he may speak and give glory to him whom he once rejected.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 9:33
And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
Commentary on Matthew 9:332 voices
As the blind receive light, so the tongue of the dumb is loosed, that he may confess Him whom before he denied. The wonder of the multitude is the confession of the nations. The scoff of the Pharisees is the unbelief of the Jews, which is to this day.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Matthew 12:22
Then 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.
Commentary on Matthew 12:221 voice
Three miracles were wrought in one and the same person at the same time; the blind sees, the dumb speaks, the possessed is delivered from the dæmon. This was at that time done in the flesh, but is now daily being fulfilled in the conversion of them that believe; the dæmon is cast out when they first behold the light of the faith, and then their mouths which had before been stopped are opened to utter the praises of God.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Matthew 15:30
Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.
Commentary on Matthew 15:302 voices
(Verse 29, 30.) And when Jesus had passed on from there, he came near the Sea of Galilee; and going up on the mountain, he sat there. And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the mute, the blind, the lame, the weak, and many others. And they threw them down at his feet.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
Again Jesus went up on the mountain where he sat down. Not only people who were healthy but also those suffering from various disorders went up on the mountain where Jesus was sitting. Think of this mountain to which Jesus went up and sat as the church. It has been set up through the word of God over the rest of the world, and all sorts of people come to it. To this assembly have come not only the disciples, as if they were leaving behind the multitudes, as they did in the case of the Beatitudes.
Origen of Alexandria· COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 11.18, 253Patristic
- Matthew 15:31
The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
Commentary on Matthew 15:311 voice
(Verse 31.) And he healed them, so that the crowds marveled, seeing the mute speaking, the lame walking, the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. Concerning the mute, he remained silent, for he had nothing to say in opposition. This is accomplished with one word.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Mark 7:37
The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”
Commentary on Mark 7:371 voice
He loosed the tongues of the dumb, so that they spake plainly. A power worthy of admiration, even when it was in operation: but there was contained in this display of power another meaning, which showed that it would shortly come to pass that those who were lately ignorant of heavenly things, having received the instruction of wisdom, might speak respecting God and the truth. For he who is ignorant of the divine nature, he truly is speechless and dumb, although he is the most eloquent of all men.
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius· The Divine Institutes Book 4 (Chapter XXVI), 325Patristic
- Mark 9:17
Someone in the crowd replied, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a spirit that makes him mute.
Commentary on Mark 9:172 voices
The Lord had come, of course, to save that which "had perished; " "a Physician." necessary to "the sick" "more than to the whole." This fact He was in the habit both of typifying in parables and preaching in direct statements.
Tertullian· On Modesty, 220Patristic
And one of the multitude answered and said,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Mark 9:25
When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
Commentary on Mark 9:252 voices
(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) And His rebuking him, and saying, I charge thee, is a proof of Divine power. Again, in that He says not only, come out of him, but also enter no more into him, He shows that the evil spirit was ready to enter again, because the man was weak in faith, but was prevented by the command of the Lord.
Pseudo-Chrysostom· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 500Patristic
This saying, If thou canst, is a proof of the freedom of the will. Again, all things are possible to him that believeth, which evidently means all those things which are prayed for with tears in the name of Jesus, that is, of salvation. By this also we are taught that our faith is tottering, if it lean not on the stay of the help of God.
Pseudo-Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 9999Patristic
- Mark 9:26
After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”
Commentary on Mark 9:262 voices
(Mor. x. 30) But he who is freed from the power of the evil spirit is thought to be dead; for whosoever has already subdued earthly desires, puts to death within himself his carnal mode of life, and appears to the world as a dead man, and many look upon him as dead; for they who know not how to live after the Spirit, think that he who does not follow after carnal pleasures is altogether dead.
Gregory the Dialogist· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 604Patristic
This saying, If thou canst, is a proof of the freedom of the will. Again, all things are possible to him that believeth, which evidently means all those things which are prayed for with tears in the name of Jesus, that is, of salvation. By this also we are taught that our faith is tottering, if it lean not on the stay of the help of God.
Pseudo-Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 9999Patristic
- Luke 1:20
And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
Commentary on Luke 1:201 voice
For Zacharias, when punished with a temporary privation of voice, holds colloquy with his mind, and, passing by his bootless tongue, with the help of his hands dictates from his heart, and without his mouth pronounces the name of his son. Thus, in his pen there speaks a hand clearer than every sound, in his waxen tablet there is heard a letter more vocal that every mouth.
Tertullian· On Idolatry, 220Patristic
- Luke 1:64
Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
Commentary on Luke 1:641 voice
Rightly also, from that moment was his tongue loosed, for that which unbelief had bound, faith set free. Let us then also believe, in order that our tongue, which has been bound by the chains of unbelief, may be loosed by the voice of reason. Let us write mysteries by the Spirit if we wish to speak. Let us write the forerunner of Christ, not on tables of stone, but on the fleshly tablets of the heart. For he who names John, prophesies Christ. For it follows, And he spake, giving thanks.
Ambrose of Milan· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 397Patristic