{Are ye also even yet without understanding?} (Akm(886e) kai
h(966d)eis asunetoi este). Akm(886e) is an adverbial accusative
(classic aichm(885c), point (of a weapon)=akm(886e) chronou at this
point of time, just now=eti. It occurs in papyri and
inscriptions, though condemned by the old grammarians. "In spite
of all my teaching, are ye also like the Pharisees without
spiritual insight and grasp?" One must never forget that the
disciples lived in a Pharisaic environment. Their religious
world-outlook was Pharisaic. They were lacking in spiritual
intelligence or sense, "totally ignorant" (Moffatt).