Luke 2:36-38 Part 1 of 2

Anna, a prophet, was also there in the Temple. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher, and she was very old. Her husband died when they had been married only seven years. Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer. She came along just as Simeon was talking with Mary and Joseph, and she began praising God. She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting expectantly for God to rescue Jerusalem.

Anna, a prophet, was also there in the Temple.

Exodus 15:20  Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine and led all the women as they played their tambourines and danced. 

Judges 4:4  Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet who was judging Israel at that time.

Nehemiah 6:14  Remember, O my God, all the evil things that Tobiah and Sanballat have done. And remember Noadiah the prophet and all the prophets like her who have tried to intimidate me.

Acts 2:17-18  " 'In the last days,' God says, 'I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on my servants--men and women alike--and they will prophesy.' " (Joel 2:28-32)

Acts 21:8-9  The next day we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the Evangelist, one of the seven men who had been chosen to distribute food. He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophecy.

Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four. 

1 Timothy 5:9  A widow who is put on the list for support must be a woman who is at least sixty years old and was faithful to her husband.

She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer. 

Matthew 6:16-18  "And when you fast, don't make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get. But when you fast, comb your hair and wash your face. Then no one will notice that you are fasting, except your Father, who knows what you do in private. And your Father, who sees everything, will reward you."

 

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