μή μοι, etc.: similar phrase in Luke 18:5. Cf. Matthew 26:10; Mark 14:6. Here = don't bother me! κέκλεισται, has been barred for the night, a thing done and not to be undone for a trifling cause. εἰς τὴν κοίτην : they have gone to bed and are now sleeping in bed, and he does not want to risk waking them (ἵνα μὴ ἀφυπνίσῃ αὐτά, Euthym.). οὐ δύναμαι : οὐ θέλω would have been nearer the truth.

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Old Testament