As they went out] Luke 11. 14. See on verse 18, 27. a dumb man possessed with a devil] Either he was dumb by nature before, or made dumb by the devil, when he took possession of him, that so he might deprive him of the use of his tongue, which is mans glory, and wherewith he honours God: The latter is most likely, because Christ is not said to loose his tongue, but onely to cast out the devil, and then he speaks, verse 33.