Blind and Dumb Demoniac and Following Discourse

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning

AD 28

Traditional reckoning

AD 28

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

• Matthew 12:22–50
• Mark 3:19–30
• Luke 8:19–21
• Luke 11:14–36

Who was there, and where?

• Jesus Christ

Where: Capernaum.

Which verses connect to Matthew 12:22?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

1. Luke 11:14–156 votes

   One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed, but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”

2. Isaiah 29:185 votes

   On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

3. Mark 7:35–375 votes

   Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly. Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it. …

4. Isaiah 35:5–64 votes

   Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

5. Mark 3:114 votes

   And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”

6. Acts 26:184 votes

   to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’