Luk 18:9
And he spake also this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:
Luk 18:10
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
Luk 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Luk 18:12
I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.
Luk 18:13
But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me a sinner.
Luk 18:14
I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
If the Pharisee followed the usual practise of Pharisees he stood and held up his hands. '
But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me a sinner.
Luk 18:14
I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Thus it depends on what the raising of the hands signifies TO US at the time