They watched [π α ρ ε τ η ρ ο υ ν]. Imperfect tense. They kept watching. The compound verb, with para, by the side of, means to watch carefully or closely, as one who dogs another's steps, keeping beside or near him. Wyc., They aspieden him : i e., played the spy. On threw, to watch, see on John 17:12.

He would heal [θ ε ρ α π ε υ σ ε ι]. Future tense : whether he will heal, the reader being placed at the time of the watching, and looking forward to the future.

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Old Testament