35(And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.
36And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life
37She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.
38And coming up at that time, she gave praise to God, talking of him to all those who were waiting for the freeing of Jerusalem.
39And when they had done all the things which were ordered by the law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to Nazareth, the town where they were living.
40And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.
41And every year his father and mother went to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.
