Luke 2:36

A prophetess named Anna was there. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher. She was very old. She had lived with her husband for seven years after her virginity,

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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;

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35and a sword will pierce your own soul—so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

37and was a widow for eighty-four years. She never left the temple but was serving with fastings and prayers, night and day.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:13Leah said, “I am happy! For the daughters will call me happy.” So she called his name Asher.

Judges 4:4Now Deborah, a prophetess (the wife of Lappidoth), was a leading judge in Israel at that time.

Job 5:26You will come to your grave at a full age, 1 like a stack of grain bundles that goes up at its time. 1

Acts 2:18Also on my servants and my female servants in those days 1 I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy. 1

1 Corinthians 12:1About spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.

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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