“As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.”
As they were going away, behold, a demon-oppressed man who was mute was brought to him. The final healing of the chapter is a mute man — someone who cannot advocate for himself but is brought by others, like the paralytic of verse 2. The muteness is caused by demonic oppression, connecting the physical affliction to the spiritual opposition that Jesus has been engaging throughout chapters 8–9. The brought to him communicates the community's faith: they believe bringing the man to Jesus is the appropriate response to his condition.
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