Luke 2:36

And there was a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, from the tribe of Asher. She was very advanced in years, and she had lived with her husband for 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

35And a sword will pass through your own soul, so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

37And then she was a widow, even to her eighty-fourth year. And without departing from the temple, she was a servant to fasting and prayer, night and day.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:13And Leah said, “This one is for my happiness. Indeed, women will call me blessed.” Because of this, she called him Asher.

Judges 4:4Now there was a prophetess, Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, who judged the people in that time.

Job 5:26You will enter the grave with abundance, just as a crop of wheat is gathered in its time.

Acts 2:18And certainly, upon my men and women servants in those days, I will pour out from my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

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

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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