Luke 2:37 - Easy To Read Version

³⁷ Then her husband died and she lived alone. She was now 84 years old. Anna was always at the temple; she never left. She worshiped God by fasting {\cf2\super [40]} and praying day and night.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ and she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ And as a widow even for eighty-four years. She did not go out from the temple enclosure, but was worshiping night and day with fasting and prayer.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.

Common English Bible

³⁷ She was now an 84-year-old widow. She never left the temple area but worshipped God with fasting and prayer night and day.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ And then she was a widow, even to her eighty-fourth year. And without departing from the temple, she was a servant to fasting and prayer, night and day.

Luke 2:37 Cross References

Psalm 22:2

My God, I called to you during the day.\par But you did not answer me.\par And I continued calling you in the night.\par

Psalm 23:6

Goodness and mercy will be with me the rest of my life.\par And I will sit in the Lord’s temple for a long, long time. {\cf2\super [143]} \par

Psalm 27:4

I ask only one thing from the Lord:\par “Let me sit in his temple {\cf2\super [161]} all my life,\par so I can see the Lord’s beauty\par and visit his palace. {\cf2\super [162]} ”\par

Psalm 84:10

One day in your temple is better\par than a thousand days in any other place.\par Standing at the gate of my God’s house\par is better than living in the house\par of a wicked man.\par

Psalm 84:4

People living at your temple\par are very fortunate.\par They are still praising you.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [484]})\i0 \par

Exodus 38:8

He made the bowl and its base with bronze. [419] He used the bronze mirrors that the women gave. These were the women that served at the entrance to the Meeting Tent. [420]

Luke 5:33

They said to Jesus, “John’s followers often fast {\cf2\super [100]} and pray, the same as the followers of the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [101]} But your followers eat and drink all the time.”

Acts 13:3

So the church fasted {\cf2\super [247]} and prayed. They put their hands on {\cf2\super [248]} Barnabas and Saul and sent them out.

Acts 14:23

Paul and Barnabas chose elders {\cf2\super [292]} for each church (group of believers). They fasted {\cf2\super [293]} and prayed for these elders. These elders were men who had trusted the Lord \{Jesus\}. So Paul and Barnabas put them in the Lord’s care.

Acts 26:7

This is the promise that all the twelve tribes (family groups) of our people hope to receive. For this hope the Jews serve God day and night. My king, the Jews have accused me because I hope for this same promise!

1 Timothy 5:5

If a widow is really alone and without help, then she hopes in God \{to take care of her\}. That woman prays all the time, night and day. She asks God for help.

Revelation 3:12

The person that wins the victory will be a pillar {\cf2\super [28]} in the temple {\cf2\super [29]} of my God. I will do that for the person that wins the victory. That person will never again have to leave God’s temple. I will write the name of my God on that person. And I will write the name of the city of my God on that person. That city is the new Jerusalem. {\cf2\super [30]} That city is coming down out of heaven from my God. I will also write my new name on that person.

Revelation 7:15

So now these people are before the throne of God. They worship God day and night in his temple. {\cf2\super [60]} And the One (God) who sits on the throne will protect them.

1 Samuel 2:2

There is no Holy God like the Lord. There is no God but you! There is no Rock [20] like our God.