Numbers 6:23-27
The people waited - That is, beyond the usual time. Marvelled - Wondered. The priest, it is said, was not accustomed to remain in the temple...
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waited for . were looking for. The finite Verb and Participle denoting protracted waiting. marvelled . Because such waiting was usually short.
21. And the people were waiting Luke now relates that the people were witnesses of this vision. Zacharias had tarried in the temple longer t...
And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. The people waited - The time spent in burning the incense w...
The people waited for Zacharias,— They waited for his blessing, and could not imagine what had detained him so much longer than usual. See Numbers...
And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. And the people waited for Zacharias - to receive fr...
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Marvelled that he tarried] RV 'Marvelled while he tarried.' The people were afraid that the officiating priest might be struck dead for omitting so...
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(5) There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of...
And the people waited for Zacharias ,.... That were without, in the court of the Israelites, praying there, while he was offering incense: these wer...
And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. Ver. 21. The people waited for Zacharias ] They would n...
And the people Who had been praying in the court of the temple, while the incense was burning; waited for Zacharias To come out and bless them; f...
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Ver. 21-23. While the priest was in the holy place, the people were in that part of the temple called the court of Israel, or the court of the people...
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And the people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he tarried so long in the Temple.
The anxiety of the people:
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The people were waiting — For him to come and dismiss them (as usual) with the blessing.
21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.