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Luke 2:36-39
New International Version
Luke 2:36-39
New International Version
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)
39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.(E)
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- Luke 2:37 Or then had been a widow for eighty-four years.
Luke 2:36-39
New Living Translation
Luke 2:36-39
New Living Translation
The Prophecy of Anna
36 Anna, a prophet, was also there in the Temple. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher, and she was very old. Her husband died when they had been married only seven years. 37 Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four.[a] She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer. 38 She came along just as Simeon was talking with Mary and Joseph, and she began praising God. She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting expectantly for God to rescue Jerusalem.
39 When Jesus’ parents had fulfilled all the requirements of the law of the Lord, they returned home to Nazareth in Galilee.
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- 2:37 Or She had been a widow for eighty-four years.
Luke 2:36-39
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Luke 2:36-39
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
36 There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,(A) 37 then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day.(B) 38 At that moment she came and began to praise God and to speak about the child[a] to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.(C)
The Return to Nazareth
39 When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.(D)
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- 2.38 Gk him
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