Luke 2:36

And ther was a Prophetesse one Anna the doughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Aser: which was of a greate age and had lyved with an husbande. vii. yeres from her virginite.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

35And morover the swearde shall pearce thy soule yt the thoughtes of many hertes maye be opened.

37And she had bene a wedowe aboute.iiii. scoore and.iiii. yere which went never oute of the temple but served God with fastinge and prayer nyght and daye.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:13Tha sayd Lea: happy am I for the doughters will call me blessed. And called his name Asser.

Acts 2:18And on my servauts and on my honde maydens I will powre out of my sprete in those dayes and they shall prophesye.

1 Corinthians 12:1In spirituall thinges brethren I wolde not have you ignoraunt.

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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