So that the crowd marveled, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel. The crowd's glorifying of the God of Israel — unusual phrasing that implies the crowd may include Gentiles who recognize the Jewish God's activity through Jesus — communicates the universal dimension of the healing ministry. The God of Israel is being revealed through the healings to a crowd that includes those outside Israel's covenant.

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