22 And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were finished, 2:22 Lv 12:6–8 they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
Simeon’s Prophetic Praise
25 There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, 2:25 Lk 1:6 looking forward to Israel’s consolation, 2:25 Ps 135:14; Is 40:1–2,11; 49:10,13; 51:3,12; 57:18; 61:2; 66:13; Jr 31:9; Mk 15:43; Lk 2:38; 23:51 and the Holy Spirit was on him. 27 Guided by the Spirit, he entered the temple. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform for him what was customary under the law,
Anna’s Testimony
36 There was also a prophetess, 2:36 Lk 2:38; Ac 21:9 Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. 2:36 Jos 19:24 She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, 2:36 Lit years from her virginity, 2:36 1Tm 5:937 and was a widow for eighty-four years. 2:37 Or she was a widow until the age of eighty-four She did not leave the temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers. 2:37 Lk 5:33; Ac 13:3; 14:23; 1Tm 5:538 At that very moment, 2:38 Lit very hour she came up and began to thank God and to speak about him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem. 2:38 Other mss read in Jerusalem, 2:38 Is 52:9; Lk 1:68; 2:25