{Ask them not again} (m(8820)apaitei). Here the present active
imperative in a prohibition, do not have the habit of asking
back. This common verb only here in the N.T., for aitousin is
the correct text in  Lu 12:20 . The literary flavour of Luke's
_Koin(825f) style is seen in his frequent use of words common in the
literary Greek, but appearing nowhere else in the N.T.