35And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
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Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. …
The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. …
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-37)Our Lord Jesus seldom staid long in a place, for he knew where his work lay, and attended the changes of it. When he had cured the woman of Canaan’s daughter, he had done what he had to do in that place, and therefore presently left those parts, and returned to the sea of Galilee , whereabout his usual residence was; yet he did not come directly thither, but fetched a compass through the midst of…
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