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).