35 and a sword will pierce your own soul—that the thoughts[a] of many hearts may be revealed.”

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,[b](C) 37 and was a widow for eighty-four years.[c] She did not leave the temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:35 Or schemes
  2. 2:36 Lit years from her virginity
  3. 2:37 Or she was a widow until the age of eighty-four

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