Mark 7:32

Bring unto him. Apparently the afflicted man did not come of his own volition, having never heard of Christ. Evidently it was the faith of the man’s friends that led him to Jesus. Decapolis was the region in which Christ had healed the demoniacs of Gadara, who had carried out, with faithfulness and zeal, their commission to tell their heathen neighbors of Jesus (see on ch. 5:19, 20). Quite possibly as the result of the work of the formerly demon-possessed men the friends of this deaf-mute decided to bring him to Christ.

Deaf. Gr. kōphos, literally, “blunt,” “dull”; here used in reference to the sense of hearing (see on Luke 1:22).

An impediment. This man was not absolutely dumb, for when healed he “spake plain” (v. 35), implying that prior to being healed he could speak, though not plainly. His inability to speak clearly and distinctly may have been a result of his deafness.