What then

(τ αρα). With all these supernatural happenings they predicted the marvellous career of this child. Note Τ,what

, not Τις,who

. Cf. Acts 12:18.They laid them up

(εθεντο, second aorist middle indicative) as Mary did (Luke 2:19).The hand of the Lord

(χειρ Κυριου). Luke's explanation in addition to the supernatural events. The expression occurs only in Luke's writing (Acts 11:21; Acts 13:11).

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Old Testament