Luke 2:37

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

Noyes Bible

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

36And 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;

38And she came up at this very time, and gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:2O my God! I cry during the day, but thou hearest not; In the night also, but I have no rest.

Psalms 27:4One thing have I desired of the LORD; that do I yet seek; That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the grace of the LORD, And to gaze upon his temple.

Psalms 84:10For a day spent in thy courts is better than a thousand: I would rather stand on the threshold of the house of my God, Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Psalms 135:1Praise ye the LORD! Praise ye the name of the LORD! Praise him, O ye servants of the LORD!

Acts 13:3Then, after they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

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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