Luke 2:36

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
KJV

Καὶ ἦν Ἅννα προφῆτις, θυγάτηρ Φανουήλ, ἐκ φυλῆς Ἀσήρ· αὕτη προβεβηκυῖα ἐν ἡμέραις πολλαῖς, Ζήσασα μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἔτη ἑπτὰ ἀπὸ τῆς παρθενίας αὐτῆς,
Greek NT

Et erat Anna prophetissa, filia Phanuel, de tribu Aser : hæc processerat in diebus multis, et vixerat cum viro suo annis septem a virginitate sua.
Vulgate

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,
ASV

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser. She was far advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity.
Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Φανουήλ

phanouel

noun · 1×

αὐτός

autos

pronoun · 5564×

εἰμί

eimi

verb · 2461×

ζάω

zao

verb · 140×

θυγάτηρ

thugater

noun · 28×

καί

kai

conjunction · 8973×

μετά

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor

SBLGNT: μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἔτη | WH/Treg/NIV: μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἔτη | RP: ἔτη μετὰ ἀνδρὸς

μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἔτη — SBLGNT
μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἔτη — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
ἔτη μετὰ ἀνδρὸς — Robinson-Pierpont

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Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages

§529The presentation of Jesus in the temple shows him to be the firstborn Son who belongs to the Lord.216 With Simeon and Anna, all Israel awaits its encounter with the Saviour - the name given to this event in the Byzantine tradition. Jesus is recognized as the long-expected Messiah, the "light to the nations" and the "glory of Israel", but also "a sign that is spoken against". th…

§583Like the prophets before him Jesus expressed the deepest respect for the Temple in Jerusalem. It was in the Temple that Joseph and Mary presented him forty days after his birth.349 At the age of twelve he decided to remain in the Temple to remind his parents that he must be about his Father's business.350 He went there each year during his hidden life at least for Passover.351 …

Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses)

How the Valentinians pervert the Scriptures to support their own pious opinions. 1. Such, then, is their system, which neither the prophets announced, nor the Lord taught, nor the apostles delivered, but of which they boast that beyond all others they have a perfect knowledge. They gather their views from other sources than the Scriptures; and, to use a common proverb, they str…

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Cross-references

1Cor 7:34 — There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the thi
1Cor 11:5 — But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
1Cor 12:1 — Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
1Tim 5:9 — Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
2Chr 34:22 — And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the
2Kgs 22:14 — So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwe
Acts 2:18 — And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Acts 21:9 — And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
Acts 21:9 — And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
Exod 15:20 — And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Exod 15:20 — And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Ezek 13:17 — Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,
Gen 30:13 — And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Job 5:26 — Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Judg 4:4 — And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
Judg 4:4 — And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
Ps 92:14 — They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Rev 7:6 — Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.