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Mat 12:30. Ὁ μὴ ὢν, κ.τ.λ., he that is not, etc.) The latter part of the dilemma contained in Mat 12:27-28, is confirmed by Mat 12:29; the former by Mat 12:30, with this meaning, your sons are not against Me, nor do they scatter abroad; therefore they are with Me, and gather with Me. There is no neutrality in the kingdom of God; that activity which is natural to man is exercised either in good or in evil, especially in the case of those who hear the word of God. The work and cause of Christ is, however, simple and pure; and though it has so many enemies and adversaries, it overpowers them all, nor does it enter into collusion with them: see Luk 12:51. This verse forms a Divine axiom.-συνάγων, that gathereth) The work of Christ and of Christians is to gather; see ch. Mat 23:37, Joh 11:52. This word corresponds with the Hebrew קהלת,[573] one that gathereth, or a preacher.
[573] ק̇הֶלֶת, Koheleth is the appellation by which Solomon is designated in the book which bears this name, viz. Ecclesiastes. On the signification and derivation, see Gesenius in voc.-(I. B.)