John Calvin Commentary Matthew 21:14

"And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them." — Matthew 21:14 (ASV)

And the blind and lame came to him. So that the authority Christ had unconventionally claimed for himself might not be suspected of rashness, he supported it with miracles. He therefore cured the blind and lame in the temple, to proclaim that the rights and honor of the Messiah truly belonged to him, for the prophets describe him by these marks.

Thus, we again perceive what I hinted at a short while ago: not everyone among the people is called to imitate this action of Christ, lest one inconsiderately raise oneself to the throne of the Messiah. Indeed, we ought to believe that the lame and blind, who were cured, were witnesses to the divine power of Christ, as if God, by his voice from heaven, approved what had been proclaimed by the multitude.¹⁶

¹⁶ “Comme si Dieu eust d’enhaut approuvé par sa voix les louanges que le peuple avoit proclamees en l’honneur de Christ;” — “as if God had from on high approved by his voice the praises which the people had proclaimed in honor of Christ.”;” — “as if God had from on high approved by his voice the praises which the people had proclaimed in honor of Christ.”