23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
23 All the people were astonished and said, "Could this be the Son of David?"
23 And all the people were amazed, and said, "Can this be the Son of David?"
23 The people who saw it were impressed - "This has to be the Son of David!"
23 And all the multitudes were amazed and said, "Could this be the Son of David?"
23 The crowd was amazed and asked, "Could it be that Jesus is the Son of David, the Messiah?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 12:23
Commentary on Matthew 12:22-30
(Read Matthew 12:22-30)
A soul under Satan's power, and led captive by him, is blind in the things of God, and dumb at the throne of grace; sees nothing, and says nothing to the purpose. Satan blinds the eyes by unbelief, and seals up the lips from prayer. The more people magnified Christ, the more desirous the Pharisees were to vilify him. It was evident that if Satan aided Jesus in casting out devils, the kingdom of hell was divided against itself; how then could it stand! And if they said that Jesus cast out devils by the prince of the devils, they could not prove that their children cast them out by any other power. There are two great interests in the world; and when unclean spirits are cast out by the Holy Spirit, in the conversion of sinners to a life of faith and obedience, the kingdom of God is come unto us. All who do not aid or rejoice in such a change are against Christ.