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;
And there was one Anna - or Hannah, a prophetess - another sign that "the last times" in which God was to "pour out His Spirit upon all flesh" were at the door,
The daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser - one of the ten tribes, of whom many were not carried captive, and not a few, particularly of this very tribe, re-united themselves to Judah after the return from Babylon (2 Chronicles 30:11). The distinction of tribes, though practically destroyed by the captivity, was well enough known up to their final dispersion (Romans 11:1; Hebrews 7:14); nor even now is it entirely lost.
She was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity.