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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,
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Kai ēn ekballōn daimonion kai auto ēn kōphon de egeneto tou daimoniou exelthontos ho kōphos elalēsen kai hoi ochloi ethaumasan
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√ καί — and, also, even, so then, too, etcConjunction
√ εἰμί — I exist (used only when emphatic)VerbImperfect Indicative Active3rd Person Singular
√ ἐκβάλλω — to eject (literally or figuratively)VerbPresent Participle ActiveNominative Masculine Singular
ekballō: to eject, throw out (G1544) Present participle: a continuing act of expulsion. The verb is forceful (to throw out), and it will recur six times in vv. 14 to 20 (Verifier counts it in 75 vv): the whole controversy is about the source of this one action.
√ δαιμόνιον — a dæmonic beingNounAccusative Neuter Singular
daimonion: a daemonic being (G1140) The unit’s key noun, repeated in every verse through v. 20. Luke never debates whether such beings exist; Jesus’ critics do not either. The question is only by whose power they leave.
√ καί — and, also, even, so then, too, etcConjunction
√ αὐτός — the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other personsPersonal / Possessive PronounNominative Neuter 3rd Person Singular
√ εἰμί — I exist (used only when emphatic)VerbImperfect Indicative Active3rd Person Singular
√ κωφός — blunted, iAdjectiveNominative Neuter Singular
kōphos: blunted, dull (G2974) The root sense is “blunted,” used of deafness or dumbness (Gill notes the Ethiopic reads “deaf and dumb”; JFB, from Matt 12:22, adds blind). Poole: the devil is “called dumb, from his effect upon the demoniac.”
√ δέ — but, and, etcConjunction
√ γίνομαι — to cause to be ("gen"-erate), iVerbAorist Indicative Middle3rd Person Singular
Septuagintal narrative formula; see divergence.
√ ὁ — the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)ArticleGenitive Neuter Singular
√ δαιμόνιον — a dæmonic beingNounGenitive Neuter Singular
√ ἐξέρχομαι — to issue (literally or figuratively)VerbAorist Participle ActiveGenitive Neuter Singular
√ ὁ — the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)ArticleNominative Masculine Singular
√ κωφός — blunted, iAdjectiveNominative Masculine Singular
kōphos (masc.) Now the man, not the spirit: the adjective passes from oppressor to victim, and in the next word the victim speaks.
√ λαλέω — to talk, iVerbAorist Indicative Active3rd Person Singular
laleō: to talk, speak (G2980) Aorist: the speech is sudden and complete. Isaiah 35:6 had promised that in the day of God’s coming the mute tongue would shout for joy; Luke 7:22 lists such healings as Jesus’ own credentials. The healed tongue is the first evidence entered in the trial that follows.
√ καί — and, also, even, so then, too, etcConjunction
√ ὁ — the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)ArticleNominative Masculine Plural
√ ὄχλος — a throng (as borne along)NounNominative Masculine Plural
√ θαυμάζω — to wonderVerbAorist Indicative Active3rd Person Plural
thaumazō: to wonder (G2296) Neutral amazement. Gill reads it as the crowd concluding “he must be the Messiah, the son of David” (from the Matthew parallel).