Luke 2:37
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.
Luke 2:37 in other translations
| BSB | and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. |
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| WEB | and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day. |
| ASV | and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day. |
| YLT | and she is a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day, |
| DARBY | and herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers; |
| BBE | She 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. |
| Webster | And she was a widow of about eighty four years, who departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. |
What does Luke 2:37 mean?
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Barnes' Notes
Fastings and prayers (u) Constant religious service. Spending her time in prayer, and in all the ordinances of religion.
Night and day. Continually--that is, at the usual times of public worship and in private. When it is said that she departed not from the temple, it is meant that she was constant and regular in all the public services at the temple, or was never absent from those services. God blesses those who wait at his temple gates.
(u) Acts 26:7, 1Timm 5:5
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 2:36-40
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 prayer, and in all things she served God. Those to whom Christ is made known, have great reason to thank the Lord. She taught others concerning him. Let the example of the venerable saints, Simeon and Anna, give courage to…
Luke 2:37 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 2:37
- 1 Timothy 5:5
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
- Psalms 23:6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
- Acts 14:23
And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
- Psalms 27:4
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.
- Acts 13:3
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
- Acts 26:7
Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
- Psalms 135:1-2
Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise him, O ye servants of the Lord. Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God,
- Exodus 38:8
And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Revelation 7:15
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
- Psalms 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
- Revelation 3:12
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
- Luke 5:33
And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
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Context
- 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;
- Luke 2:37
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.
- Luke 2:38
And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
Luke 2:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y era viuda de hasta ochenta y cuatro años, que no se apartaba del templo, sirviendo de noche y de día con ayunos y oraciones. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et veuve d’environ 84 ans), qui ne quittait pas le temple, servant Dieu en jeûnes et en prières, nuit et jour; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und sie war eine Witwe von vierundachtzig Jahren, die nicht von dem Tempel wich, indem sie Nacht und Tag mit Fasten und Flehen diente. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et hæc vidua usque ad annos octoginta quatuor: quæ non discedebat de templo, jejuniis et obsecrationibus serviens nocte ac die. |