ἐπερωτηθεὶς δέ. ‘But being further questioned by the Pharisees.’

ἔρχεται. Literally, ‘is coming.’ They seem to have asked with impatient irony, ‘When is all this preparation and preaching to end, and the New Kingdom to begin?’

μετὰ παρατηρήσεως. I.e. by narrow, curious watching. See Luke 14:1. He implies that their entire point of view is mistaken; they were peering about for great external signs, and overlooking the slow and spiritual processes which were at work before their eyes.

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