But I, as a deaf [man], heard not
He acted the part of a deaf man, and made as if he did not hear
the mischievous things his enemies spoke; as Saul, when the sons
of Belial spoke against him and despised him, ( 1 Samuel
10:27 ) ; and as our Lord when his enemies accused him, (
Matthew
27:12-14 ) ;
and [I was] as a dumb man, [that] openeth not his
mouth;
made no reply to what they said, and did not render railing for
railing; in which Christ was the antitype of him, ( Isaiah 53:7 ) (
1 Peter
2:23 ) ( 3:9 ) .