What then (ti ara). With all these supernatural happenings they predicted the marvellous career of this child. Note Ti, what, not Tis, who. Cf. Act 12:18.
They laid them up (ethento, second aorist middle indicative) as Mary did (Luk 2:19).
The hand of the Lord (cheir Kuriou). Luke’s explanation in addition to the supernatural events. The expression occurs only in Luke’s writing (Act 11:21; Act 13:11).