οὔ, emphatic; laconic “no,” for good reason. μήποτε : the risk is that wheat and “tares” may be uprooted together. ἅμα, with dative (αὐτοῖς) but not a preposition, the full phrase is ἅμα σὺν : “at the same time with,” as in 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:10. On this word vide Bos, Ellip. Graee., p. 463, and Klotz, Devar., ii. 97. The roots being intertwined, and having a firm hold of the soil, both wheat and tares might be pulled up together.

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