Luke 1:21 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

Luke 1:21

19 And the angel answered and said to him, “I am ^aGabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you and bring you¹ these glad ^btidings.

20 But behold, ^ayou will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time.”

21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he lingered so long in the temple.

22 But when he came out, he could not speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he beckoned to them and remained speechless.

23 So it was, as soon as ^athe days of his service were completed, that he departed to his own house.

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Luke 1:21

Were waiting (hn prosdokwn). Periphrastic imperfect again. An old Greek verb for expecting. Appears in papyri and inscriptions. It denotes mental direction whether hope or fear.

They marvelled (eqaumazon). Imperfect tense, were wondering. The Talmud says that the priest remained only a brief time in the sanctuary.

While he tarried (en tw xronizein). See verse Luke 1:8 for the same idiom.

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 1:21:

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