“and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Luke 2 contains 52 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.