Luke 2:36

The Testimony of Anna

2:36 There was also a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old, ¹  having been married to her husband for seven years until his death.

Luke 11:26

11:26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so ²  the last state of that person ³  is worse than the first.” ⁴ 

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¹ tn Her age is emphasized by the Greek phrase here, “she was very old in her many days.”

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding point of the story.

³ tn Grk “man.” This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females.

⁴ sn The point of the story is that to fail to respond is to risk a worse fate than when one started.