Luke 2:36

KJV1611 – Modern English

And there was Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity.

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  • Acts 21:9 : 9 And he had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
  • Gen 30:13 : 13 Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed." She named him Asher.
  • Exod 15:20 : 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
  • Judg 4:4 : 4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
  • 2 Kgs 22:14 : 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
  • Job 5:26 : 26 You shall come to your grave at a full age, like a sheaf of grain comes in its season.
  • Ps 92:14 : 14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and flourishing,
  • Acts 2:18 : 18 On My servants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy:
  • 1 Cor 12:1 : 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.
  • Rev 7:6 : 6 Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand.

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