Luke 2:36 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Anna. Hebrew. Hannah, as in 1 Samuel 1:20. He was gracious.

prophetess. Only here and Revelation 2:20.

Aser. Asher; thus Anna of Israel united with Simeon of Judah.

Luke 2:36

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;