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Were waiting (ēn prosdokōn). Periphrastic imperfect again. An old Greek verb for expecting. Appears in papyri and inscriptions. It denotes mental direction whether hope or fear.
They marvelled (ethaumazon). Imperfect tense, were wondering. The Talmud says that the priest remained only a brief time in the sanctuary.
While he tarried (en tōi chronizein). See Luk 1:8 for the same idiom.