One of the multitude answered, “Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit; When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!” After crying out and convulsing him greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead, so much that most of them said, “He is dead.”
Verbal commands spoken aloud can cure deafness, even though the patient cannot hear the commands.
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What current science says
This one trips over its own internal logic before science even gets involved. Deafness means the auditory system can't process sound — yelling louder doesn't fix damaged cochlear hair cells or a severed auditory nerve. That's like trying to fix a broken TV by turning up the volume on the remote. Modern treatments for speech and hearing loss include cochlear implants, speech therapy, and hearing aids — none of which involve shouting instructions at the condition itself.
What the text says
This comes from Mark 9:17, 25-26. A 'deaf and dumb spirit' is commanded aloud to leave a boy — but the text never addresses how a deaf spirit could hear the spoken command, or how a mute spirit 'cried out' as it left.
Three honest ways to read this passage
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As history
The text records how its authors understood the world with the knowledge they had. Read this way, a difference from modern science is a window into the ancient mind, not a failure.
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As accommodation
The text speaks to its first audience in their own terms, to make a point that isn't mainly about physics or biology. Read this way, the scientific detail is the vehicle, not the cargo.
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As contradiction
The text makes a claim about the physical world that modern findings dispute. Read this way, the difference is a genuine factual disagreement worth naming.
GEBible doesn't pick one of these for you. Each entry shows the passage, what it says, and what current science says — nothing more.