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