Luke 2:32-38

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³²a light for revelation to the Gentiles^[a]^(A)
and glory to your people Israel.^(B)

³³His father and mother^[b] were amazed at what was being said about him. ³⁴Then Simeon blessed them and told his mother Mary, “Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel^(C) and to be a sign that will be opposed^[c]— ³⁵and a sword will pierce your own soul—that the thoughts^[d] of many hearts may be revealed.”

Anna’s Testimony

³⁶There was also a prophetess,^(D) Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher.^(E) She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,^[e]^(F) ³⁷and was a widow for eighty-four years.^[f] She did not leave the temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.^(G) ³⁸At that very moment,^[g] she came up and began to thank God and to speak about him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.^[h]^(H)

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Footnotes

2:32 Or the nations
2:33 Other mss read But Joseph and his mother
2:34 Or spoken against
2:35 Or schemes
2:36 Lit years from her virginity
2:37 Or she was a widow until the age of eighty-four
2:38 Lit very hour
2:38 Other mss read in Jerusalem

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