And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
And the people waited for Zacharias - to receive from him the usual benediction (Numbers 6:23-27).
And marveled that he tarried so long in the temple. It was not usual to tarry long, lest it should be thought vengeance had stricken the people's representative for something wrong. (Lightfoot).