{Because that} (kathoti). Good Attic word, according to
what. Only in Luke and Acts in the N.T. In the papyri. {Well
stricken in years} (probeb(886b)otes en tais h(886d)erais aut(936e)).
Wycliff has it right: "Had gone far in their days." Perfect
active participle. See also verse  18 .