Luke 2:36

And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel: of the tribe of Asher; she was of great age, and had 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

35yea, a sword will pierce through thine own soul,—that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

37and she was a widow eighty-four years old, who never left the temple, worshipping with fastings and prayers night and day.

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Cross References

Job 5:26Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age, As a shock of corn gathered in its season.

Acts 2:18and even on my servants, and on my handmaids, I will pour out of my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

1 Corinthians 12:1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you 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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