Luke 2:36

And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life

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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 a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.

37She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:13And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.

Judges 4:4Now Deborah, a woman prophet, the wife of Lapidoth, was judge of Israel at that time.

Job 5:26You will come to your last resting-place in full strength, as the grain is taken up to the crushing-floor in its time.

Acts 2:18And on my men-servants and my women-servants I will send my Spirit, and they will be prophets.

1 Corinthians 12:1But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.

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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