{"Against you is for you"} (kath' h(966d)(936e) huper h(966d)(936e)). Mr
9:40 has "against us is for us" (h(886d)(936e) ... h(886d)(936e)). The _Koin(825f)
Greek (885c) and (965c) were often pronounced alike and it was easy to
interchange them. So many MSS. here read just as in Mark. The
point is precisely the same as it is a proverbial saying. See a
similar saying in Lu 11:23 : "He that is not with me is against
me." The prohibition here as in Mr 9:39 is general: "Stop
hindering him" (m(8820)k(936c)uete, m(885c) and the present imperative, not
m(885c) and the aorist subjunctive). The lesson of toleration in
methods of work for Christ is needed today.
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