Luke 2:36

And there was Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (being advanced in many days, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

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In The King James Version

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

In Context

35(and also of thee, a sword will pierce through thine own soul), so that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.

37and this woman was a widow to eighty-four years), who did not depart from the temple, serving with fastings and supplications night and day.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:13And Leah said, Happy am I! For the daughters will call me happy. And she called his name Asher.

Judges 4:4Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

Job 5:26Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

Acts 2:18And also on my bondmen and on my bondmaids in those days I will pour out from my Spirit, and they will prophesy.

1 Corinthians 12:1Now concerning the spiritual things, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:26-41

Christ and Simeon in the Temple; Anna in the Temple. 25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. 26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, 28 Then took he him up in his… Read the whole commentary →

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