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Anna ((ヘブライ語:חַנָּה), ) or Anna the Prophetess is a woman mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. According to that Gospel, she was an elderly Jewish woman who prophesied about Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem. She appears in during the presentation of Jesus at the Temple. ==New Testament== The passage mentioning Anna is as follows: From these three verses in Luke, the following is known of Anna: *She was a prophetess. *She was a daughter of Phanuel. *She was a member of the tribe of Asher. *She was widowed after seven years of marriage (her husband is not named). *She was a devout Jew who regularly practiced prayer and fasting. Luke describes Anna as "very old." Many Bibles and older commentaries state that she was 84 years old.〔(Easton's Dictionary )〕 The Greek text states that "she was a widow of eighty four years".〔UBS Greek NT καὶ αὐτὴ χήρα ὡς ἐτῶν ὀγδοηκοντατεσσάρων〕 The passage is ambiguous: it could mean that she was 84 years old, or that she had been a widow for 84 years,〔Twelve Extraordinary Women: How God Shaped Women of the Bible, and ... – Page 136 John MacArthur – 2008 "The Greek text is ambiguous as to her exact age. (“This woman was a widow of about eighty-four years.”) It might mean literally that she had been a widow for eighty-four years. Assuming she married very young (remember, thirteen was a ..."〕〔Green, Joel B., ''(The Gospel of Luke )'', Eerdmans, 1997, ISBN 0-8028-2315-7, p. 151.〕 Some scholars consider the latter to be the more likely option.〔Marshall, I. Howard, ''(The Gospel of Luke: A commentary on the Greek text )'', Eerdmans, 1978, ISBN 0-8028-3512-0, p. 123.〕 On this option, she could not have married younger than about age 14, and so she would have been at least 14 + 7 + 84 = 105 years old.〔Elliott, J.K., "(Anna's Age (Luke 2:36–37) )," ''Novum Testamentum'', Vol. 30, Fasc. 2 (Apr., 1988), pp. 100–102.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anna the Prophetess」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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