Anna’s Testimony

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

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  1. 2:36 Lit years from her virginity
  2. 2:37 Or she was a widow until the age of eighty-four
  3. 2:38 Lit very hour
  4. 2:38 Other mss read in Jerusalem

Anna’s Testimony

36 There was also a prophetess,(A) Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher.(B) She was well along in years,[a] having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,[b](C) 37 and was a widow for 84 years.[c] She did not leave the temple complex, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.(D) 38 At that very moment,[d] she came up and began to thank God and to speak about Him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.[e](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:36 Lit in many days
  2. Luke 2:36 Lit years from her virginity
  3. Luke 2:37 Or she was a widow until the age of 84
  4. Luke 2:38 Lit very hour
  5. Luke 2:38 Other mss read in Jerusalem

36 There was also a prophet,(A) Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, 37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.[a](B) She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.(C) 38 Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:37 Or then had been a widow for eighty-four years.