And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Ver. 20. When the kingdom of God, &c.] This they asked in scorn: q.d. You tell us often of the kingdom of God, and that it is at hand; but when comes it once? All things continue as they did, &c.
Cometh not with observation] That is, with outward pomp or superstitious seeking after.