Luke 2:36

Anna the prophetess also lived in Jerusalem. She was the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher, and she was very old. She had been married for seven years,

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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

35revealing what they really think. For you it will feel like a sword piercing right through you.”

37and then she had been widowed. She was eighty-four years old. She spent her time at the Temple in worship, fasting and praying.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:13Leah said, “I'm so happy, and the other women will say I'm happy too!” So she named him Asher.

Judges 4:4Deborah, wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet, and she was leading Israel as a judge at that time.

Job 5:26You will live to a ripe old age like a sheaf of grain when it is harvested.

Acts 2:18I will pour out my Spirit on my servants, both male and female, and they will prophesy.

1 Corinthians 12:1Now about “spiritual gifts.” My brothers and sisters, I want to explain this to you.

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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