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There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,
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then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day.
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At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.
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