Discovery BoxLuke 2:36 
ContextThe 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
Context11:26 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
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.
