from natural infirmity (Ex 4:11); not knowing what to say (Pr 31:8); unwillingness to speak (Ps 39:9; Le 10:3). Christ repeatedly restored the dumb (Mt 9:32-33; Lu 11:14; Mt 12:22) to the use of speech.
As they were going out, behold, a mute and demon-possessed man was brought to him. And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds marveled, saying, "Never was anything like this seen in Israel."
Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and he healed him, so that the mute man both spoke and saw.
Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. So it was, when the demon had gone out, that the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.