35 and a sword will pierce your own soul also, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed!”

The Testimony of Anna

36 And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher (she was advanced in years,[a] having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,[b] 37 and herself as a widow up to eighty-four years)[c] who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:36 Literally “with many days”
  2. Luke 2:36 Literally “from her virginity”
  3. Luke 2:37 Or “eighty-four years as a widow”