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:
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, х meta (G3326) parateereeseoos (G3907)]. The word signifies 'watching' or 'lying in wait for a person or thing. In this sense, they "watched" our Lord once and again (Luke 14:1; Luke 20:20; Mark 3:2); and so they "watched" the gates to kill Paul (Acts 9:24). Here, the precise meaning would seem to be, The kingdom of God cometh not with 'watching' or 'lying in wait for it,' 'straining after it,' as for something outwardly imposing, and at once revealing itself. What follows confirms this.