In Mark 5:1–20 Jesus restored a demon-possessed man in the area of Gerasenes on the Gentile eastern side of the Sea of Galilee. Although Jesus was not met with a warm welcome then, the man who was healed went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled
(Mark 5:20). Jesus’ fame might have caught on because of that incident1 so that, upon Jesus’ arrival in the region, the people knew he might have been able to help their deaf friend.
32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.