Luke 11:14 (WEB)
He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
Fathers and councils · 11
Augustine of Hippo
“He also speaks of the man only as dumb, and not as blind in addition.” — editor's note: Luke xi. 14.
Read the whole comment“And the circumstance that Luke here designates the Spirit of God as the finger of God, does not betray any departure from a genuine identity in sense; but it rather teaches us an additional lesson, giving us to know in what manner we are to interpret the phrase “the finger of God” wherever it occurs in the Scriptures.” — editor's note: Luke xi. 14–26.
Read the whole comment“Matthew continues giving his narrative in the following manner: “And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, He departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judæa beyond Jordan; and great multitudes followed Him; and He healed them there.” — editor's note: [Augustin entirely ignores the most perplexing problem in the Gospel history, namely, the proper distribution of the matter peculiar to Luke and John, at this…
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Tertullian
“When He cast out the “demon which was dumb” (and by a cure of this sort verified Isaiah), and having been charged with casting out demons by Beelzebub, He said, “If I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out?”” — editor's note: Luke xi. 14.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Luke
The Lord had promised that the Holy Spirit should be given to those that asked for it; the blessed effects whereof He indeed clearly shews in the following miracle. Hence it follows, And Jesus was casting out a…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
Now he is called κωφὸς, as commonly meaning one who does not speak. It is also used for one who does not hear, but more properly who neither hears nor speaks. But he who has not heard from his birth necessarily…
Read the whole comment - Titus of BostraCatena Aurea on Luke
Now He calls the devil deaf or dumb, as being the cause of this calamity, that the Divine word should not be heard. For the devil, by taking away the quickness of human feeling, blunts the hearing of our soul. Christ…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
But that demoniac is related by Matthew to have been not only dumb, but blind. Three miracles then were performed at the same time on one man. The blind see, the dumb speaks, and he that was possessed by a devil is…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Now when the miracle was performed, the multitude extolled Him with loud praises, and the glory which was due to God. As it follows, And the people wondered.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
But since the multitudes who were thought ignorant always marvelled at our Lord’s actions, the Scribes and Pharisees took pains to deny them, or to pervert them by an artful interpretation, as though they were not…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
But others by similar darts of envy sought of him a sign from heaven. As it follows, And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. As if they said, “Although thou hast cast out a devil from the man,…
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.38.