Lucas 2

Lucas 2

Wuest - and she herself a widow eighty-four years, did not leave the temple, rendering sacred service to God with fastings and petitions night and day which (KJV): Ex 38:8 1Sa 2:2 Ps 23:6 27:4 84:4,10 92:13 135:1,2 Rev 3:12 but (KJV): Ps 22:2 Ac 26:7 1Ti 5:5 Rev 7:15 Luke 2 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries A CONVICTING PATTERN FOR WORSHIP Then as a widow to the age of eighty-four - Worship knows no age limits. Indeed Anna was living out Paul's example of passionate pursuit of Jesus " I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." (Php 3:14+) TECHNICAL NOTE - Anna's Age - NET Note - Grk "living with her husband for seven years from her virginity and she was a widow for eighty four years." The chronology of the eighty-four years is unclear, since the final phrase could mean "she was widowed until the age of eighty-four" (so BDAG 423 s.v. ewj 1.b.a). However, the more natural way to take the syntax is as a reference to the length of her widowhood, the subject of the clause, in which case Anna was about 105 years old (so D. L. Bock, Luke [BECNT], 1:251–52; I. H. Marshall, Luke, [NIGTC], 123–24). Brian Bell - What a very long widowhood! In her loss of human fellowship she waited much on God! The Lord will bring healing to the wounded soul; companionship to the lonely hour; & send you forth with blessings. Old age has its offerings just as youth & prime has theirs!