{Thrust him away} (ap(9373)ato auton). First aorist middle
indicative (_Koin(825f) for Attic ape(9373)ato) of ap(9374)he(935c), to push
away from oneself in middle voice as here, common in old Greek.
Again in verse  39  13:46  Ro 11:1  1Ti 1:19 . It is always the
man who is doing the wrong who is hard to reconcile.