Luke 2:37

and 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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In The King James Version

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

In Context

36Anna 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,

38She came up to them right at that moment, and began praising God. She spoke about Jesus to all those who were looking forward to the time when God would set Jerusalem free.

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Cross References

Exodus 38:8He made the bronze basin with its stand with bronze from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Psalms 22:2My God, every day I cry out to you, but you don't answer; at night too, but I get no rest.

Psalms 27:4I only ask the Lord for one thing: I just want to live in the house of the Lord throughout my life, contemplating the Lord's goodness and thinking about his Temple.

Psalms 84:10One day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else. I'd rather stand as a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live comfortably in the homes of the wicked.

Psalms 135:1Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord's reputation! Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord

Acts 13:3After they had fasted, prayed, and placed their hands on them in blessing, they sent them on their way.

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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