Luk 1:21 | RWP | e4.org | Were waiting ( ην προσδοκων ). Periphrastic imperfect again. An old Greek verb for expecting. Appears in papyri and inscriptions. It denotes mental direction whether hope or fear. They marvelled ( εθαυμαζον ). Imperfect tense, were wondering. The Talmud says that the priest remained only a brief time in the sanctuary. While he tarried ( εν τω χρονιζειν ). See verse for the same idiom.

‏ Luke 1:21

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

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

While he tarried ( εν τω χρονιζειν ). See verse 8 for the same idiom.