Which departed not (η ουκ αφιστατο). Imperfect indicative middle. She kept on not leaving. The Spirit kept her in the temple as he…

And she was a widow of about four-score and four years. That is, she was about eighty-four years of age. It does not mean that she had bee…

A widow of about fourscore and four years.—The better MSS. read, “up to the point of fourscore and four years,” …

St. Ambrose of Milan: Simeon had prophesied, a woman united in marriage had prophesied, and a virgin had prophesied. It was …

Luke’s attention to the renewal of prophecy through Zechariah and Simeon at the coming of the Messianic Age continues with the introduction of Anna…

She departed not from the temple. This is a hyperbolical expression; but the meaning is plain that Anna was almost constantly in the templ…

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years
Which is not the date of her whole age, as some have thought, …

There was much evil then in the church, yet God did not leave himself without witne . Anna always dwelt in, or at least attended, the temple. She w…