Coming up (επιστασα). Second aorist active participle. The word often has the notion of coming suddenly or bursting in as of Marth…

Gave thanks.—The word so translated occurs here only in the New Testament, but it is found with this meaning in the LXX. …

And she coming in that instant –

God knows how to time what we call our accidental walks: She coming in that instant –

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…

Made acknowledgment also to God.²⁰⁶ The holy melody, which proceeded from the lips of Simeon and Anna, is praised by Luke, so t…

And she coming in that instant
That the parents of Christ brought him into the temple; just as Simeon was embracing …

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…