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Verse 37. _DEPARTED NOT FROM THE TEMPLE_] Attended constantly at the
hours of prayer, which were _nine_ in the morning and _three_ in the
afternoon. See Acts 2:15; Acts 3:1. It does not appear that wo...
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AND SHE WAS A WIDOW OF ABOUT FOURSCORE AND FOUR YEARS - That is, she
was about 84 years of age. It does not mean that she had been a widow
for that long time.
FASTINGS AND PRAYERS - Constant religiou...
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CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The Birth of Christ at Bethlehem (Luke 2:1)_
2. The Glad Tidings Announced to the Shepherds. (Luke 2:8)
3. The Circumcision and Presentation (Luke 2:21)
4. Simeon and His Prophecy ...
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ANNA. Simeon has a counterpart in a centenarian widow who spends her
whole life in ascetic devotion in the Temple. She adds her prophetic
testimony to his, and afterwards speaks of the child to the ci...
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JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (Luke 2:1-7)...
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NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-105.
SERVED. Same as Luke 1:74....
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Anna the Prophetess. The Return to Nazareth
36. _Anna_ The same name as Hannah (1 Samuel 1:20), from the root
_Chânan_, -he was gracious."
_a prophetess_ like Miriam, Deborah, Huldah (2 Chronicles 3...
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ANNA THE PROPHETESS. THE RETURN TO NAZARETH...
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VER 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 A
HUSBAND SEVEN YEARS FROM HER VIRGINITY; 37. AND SHE WAS A WIDO...
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ΆΦΊΣΤΑΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G868)
уходить. _Impf._ указывает на длительное
и незавершенное действие в прошлом,
ΛΑΤΡΕΎΟΥΣΑ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΛΑΤΡΕΎΩ
(G3000) служить. Дат...
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AND THERE WAS ONE ANNA— While these things were transacting, there
came into the temple an aged woman named _Anna,_ whose mortification
to the world partly appeared by her having lived a widow ever si...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Prophecies (Luke 2:22-38)
22 And when the time came for their purification according to the law
of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
23(a...
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And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed
not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night
and day.
AND SHE WAS A WIDOW OF ABOUT FOURSCORE AND FOUR Y...
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25 Simeon signifies to _ hear_, and is representative of those in
Judah whose ears were open to the law of the Lord and who looked for
the fulfillment of the prophetic promises. As the years spoken of...
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2:37 temple, (b-15) _ Hieron_ , as ch. 2.27....
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BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF JESUS
1-5. The census of Quirinius. There are two historical difficulties in
connexion with St. Luke's mention of the census of Quirinius: (1)
There is no direct evidence, exce...
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 2
THE BIRTH OF JESUS 2:1-7
V1 At that time *Caesar Augustus ordered a *census in the *Roman
*empire. V2 This was the first *census when Quirinius gove...
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A WIDOW OF ABOUT FOURSCORE AND FOUR YEARS. — The better MSS. read,
“_up to the point_ of fourscore and four years,” pointing to the
fact that this was the duration of her widowhood. Assuming her to ha...
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_Anna._ Another aged saint of the O. T. type comes on the stage
speaking thankful prophetic words concerning the Holy Child....
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THE AGED SIMEON'S PROPHETIC BLESSING
Luke 2:25-39
Two aged watchers welcomed the King; but no one else, of all the
crowds who went and came, guessed that the Messenger of the Covenant
had suddenly c...
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Jesus was born in Bethlehem, under the yoke of an oppressor. Moreover,
by the exigency of the circumstances, He was born amid the homeless
crowd. This was according to the divine arrangement and foret...
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CIRCUMCISION OF JESUS & HIS PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE
21-24. _“And when the eight days for circumcising Him were
fulfilled, and He was called Jesus, being called by the angel before
he was conceived...
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SIXTH NARRATIVE: CIRCUMCISION AND PRESENTATION OF JESUS, LUKE 2:21-40.
This narrative comprises 1. The circumcision of Jesus (Luke 2:21); 2.
His presentation in the temple (Luke 2:22-38); 3. A histor...
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(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; (37) And she was a widow...
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The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of
either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious
reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
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37._She departed not from the temple _This is a hyperbolical
expression; but the meaning is plain, that Anna was almost constantly
in the temple. Luke adds, that she _worshipped God with fastings and...
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In the next chapter (2) the scene changes. Instead of the relations of
God with Israel according to grace, we see first the pagan emperor of
the world the head of Daniel's last empire exercising his p...
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AND SHE WAS A WIDOW OF ABOUT FOURSCORE AND FOUR YEARS,.... Which is
not the date of her whole age, as some have thought, but of her
widowhood state, as distinct from her marriage state, and the time o...
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And she _was_ a widow of about fourscore and four years, which
departed not from the temple, but served _God_ with fastings and
prayers night and day.
Ver. 37. _A widow of about eighty-four years_] S...
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_And there was one Anna, a prophetess_ A person of some note; _she was
a widow of about fourscore and four years_ These were the years of her
life, and not of her widowhood only; _who departed not fro...
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DEPARTED NOT; she was uniform in her daily attendance upon the
services of the temple....
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The prophetess Anna:...
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THE BIRTH OF THE LORD JESUS
(vs.1-7)
God in His sovereign wisdom and power at this time ordered the events
of man's government to accomplish His own will. Caesar Augustus
decreed that all the world...
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36-40 There was much evil then in the church, yet God left not
himself without witness. Anna always dwelt in, or at least attended
at, the temple. She was always in a praying spirit; gave herself to...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 2:36...
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Cyprian Treatise IV On the Lord's Prayer
Thus the widow Anna, without intermission praying and watching,
persevered in deserving well of God, as it is written in the I Gospel:
"She departed not," it...
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Luke 2:37 and G2532 woman G3778 widow G5503 about G5613 eighty-four
G3589 G5064 years G2094 who G3739 not G3756 depare G868 (G5711) from
G575 temple G2411 served G3000 (G5723) fastings G3521 and G2532...
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‘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, and she had been a widow even...
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The fulfilment of the legal requirements respecting the child Jesus:
His circumcision and naming on the eighth day (Luke 2:21), as one of
the Jewish people, and the redemption from the temple service...
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WHICH DEPARTED NOT
(η ουκ αφιστατο). Imperfect indicative middle. She kept on
not leaving. The Spirit kept her in the temple as he led Simon to the
temple (Plummer). The case of "the temple" (του ι...
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Luke 2:1. And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a
decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And
this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria....
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CONTENTS: Birth of Jesus. His adoration by the shepherds. Adoration
and prophecy of Simon and Anna. Return to Nazareth. Jesus and His
parents at the Passover.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Caesar, Augustus, Cyr...
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Luke 2:1. _It came to pass in those days,_ when John was born, and
when the Roman emperor, Augustus Cæsar, filled the throne, and was in
the thirty first year of his reign, that, a decree was issued f...
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A WIDOW FOR EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS. It was not unusual for a girl to marry
at twelve years of age, so Anna must have been at least 103 years old
at this time. Unusual, but still very possible. She evidentl...
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_And there was one Anna, a prophetess_
FIRST FEMALE TESTIMONY TO CHRIST
1.
Excited by long expectations.
2. Based on personal sight.
3. Given with full candour.
4. Sealed by holy walk.
5. Crown...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:1 Luke records the events of Jesus’ birth (vv.
Luke 2:1), his presentation in the temple (vv. Luke 2:21), and his
visit to the temple at age 12 (vv. Luke 2:41).
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images =...
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CHAPTER 2 VER. 1. _And it came to pass in those days_ (in which John
the Baptist was born) _there went forth a decree_, &c. The Syriac for
"all the world," has "all the people of his dominion," subjec...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 2:21. THE CHILD.—The best MSS. read “Him.”
Luke 2:22. HER PURIFICATION.—The true reading is, “_their_
purification” (R.V.). The mother was ceremonially unclean by
child-birth, t...
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EXPOSITION
LUKE 2:1
_The Redeemer's birth_.
LUKE 2:1
THERE WENT OUT A DECREE FROM CAESAR AUGUSTUS, THAT ALL THE WORLD
SHOULD BE TAXED; more accurately, _that there should be a
registration_, etc....
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Now it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from
Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And the taxing
was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syra.) And all we...
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1 Samuel 2:2; 1 Timothy 5:5; Acts 26:7; Exodus 38:8; Psalms 135:1;
Psalms 135:2; Psalms 22:2; Psalms 23:6; Psalms 27:4; Psalms 84:10;...
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Of about fourscore and four years [ω ς ε τ ω ν ο γ δ ο η κ
ο ν τ α τ ε σ σ α ρ ω ν]. The A. V. might be supposed to
be stating her age; but the best texts read ewv, until, instead of wv,
about; and th...
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THE SEVEN MAGNIFICATS
_Selections from Luke 1:1 and Luke 2:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the
annunciation of the birth of Christ, as it was gi...
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Fourscore and four years — These were the years of her life, not her
widowhood only. Who departed not from the temple — Who attended
there at all the stated hours of prayer. But served God with fastin...