Luke 2:36

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

Revised Version 1895

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 and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.

37and she had been a widow even for fourscore and four years), which departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:13And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.

Judges 4:4Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

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

Acts 2:18Yea and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days Will I pour forth of my Spirit; and they shall 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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