Luke 2:38
New International Version
Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

New Living Translation
She came along just as Simeon was talking with Mary and Joseph, and she began praising God. She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting expectantly for God to rescue Jerusalem.

English Standard Version
And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Berean Standard Bible
Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Berean Literal Bible
And having come up at that hour, she was giving praise to the Lord and was speaking concerning Him to all those waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

King James Bible
And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

New King James Version
And coming in that instant she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible
And at that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak about Him to all those who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

NASB 1995
At that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

NASB 1977
And at that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Legacy Standard Bible
And at that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Amplified Bible
She, too, came up at that very moment and began praising and giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all who were looking for the redemption and deliverance of Jerusalem.

Christian Standard Bible
At that very moment, she came up and began to thank God and to speak about him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At that very moment, she came up and began to thank God and to speak about Him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

American Standard Version
And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks unto God, and spake of him to all them that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Contemporary English Version
At this time Anna came in and praised God. She spoke about the child Jesus to everyone who hoped for Jerusalem to be set free.

English Revised Version
And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks unto God, and spake of him to all them that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
At that moment she came up to Mary and Joseph and began to thank God. She spoke about Jesus to all who were waiting for Jerusalem to be set free.

Good News Translation
That very same hour she arrived and gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were waiting for God to set Jerusalem free.

International Standard Version
Just then she came forward and began to thank God and to speak about Jesus to everyone who was waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Majority Standard Bible
Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to the Lord and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for redemption in Jerusalem.

NET Bible
At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

New Heart English Bible
Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Webster's Bible Translation
And she coming in that instant, gave thanks likewise to the Lord, and spoke of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

Weymouth New Testament
And coming up just at that moment, she gave thanks to God, and spoke about the child to all who were expecting the deliverance of Jerusalem.

World English Bible
Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and she, at that hour, having come in, was confessing, likewise, to the LORD, and was speaking concerning Him to all those looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

Berean Literal Bible
And having come up at that hour, she was giving praise to the Lord and was speaking concerning Him to all those waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation
and she, at that hour, having come in, was confessing, likewise, to the Lord, and was speaking concerning him, to all those looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

Smith's Literal Translation
And she having stood at that hour, confessed to the Lord, and spake concerning him to all awaiting redemption in Jerusalem.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now she, at the same hour, coming in, confessed to the Lord; and spoke of him to all that looked for the redemption of Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And entering at the same hour, she confessed to the Lord. And she spoke about him to all who were awaiting the redemption of Israel.

New American Bible
And coming forward at that very time, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard Version
At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
She also stood up at that hour, and gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke concerning him to every man who was looking forward to the salvation of Jerusalem.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
She was also standing in it at that hour and she gave thanks to THE LORD JEHOVAH and was speaking about him with everyone who was waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And she came in at that hour, and gave thanks to Lord, and spoke of him to all that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

Godbey New Testament
And she, at the same hour, standing up continued to praise the Lord, and speak concerning Him to all those awaiting the redemption in Jerusalem.

Haweis New Testament
and at the very same moment coming up, she also in turn confessed the Lord, and spake of him to all who were expecting redemption in Jerusalem.

Mace New Testament
and happening to come in just at the same time, she likewise express'd her thanks to the lord, and spoke of Jesus to all those, who expected deliverance in Jerusalem.

Weymouth New Testament
And coming up just at that moment, she gave thanks to God, and spoke about the child to all who were expecting the deliverance of Jerusalem.

Worrell New Testament
And, coming up at that very hour, she was making confession to God, and was speaking concerning Him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Worsley New Testament
And coming in at the very same time, gave thanks unto the Lord, and spake of Him to all that were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Prophecy of Anna
37and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. 38 Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. 39When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.…

Cross References
Isaiah 52:9
Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 40:9
Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”

Malachi 3:1
“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Isaiah 25:9
And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

Isaiah 49:13
Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

Isaiah 61:1-2
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, / to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

Psalm 98:3
He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Psalm 130:7-8
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance. / And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.

Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Micah 4:8
And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion—the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”

Acts 2:38-39
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. / This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

Acts 13:32-33
And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers / He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

Acts 28:28
Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”

Titus 2:13
as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:10-12
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully, / trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. / It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.


Treasury of Scripture

And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise to the Lord, and spoke of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

coming.

Luke 2:27
And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

gave.

Luke 2:28-32
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, …

Luke 1:46
And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

Luke 1:64
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.

looked.

Luke 2:25
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

Luke 23:51
(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

Luke 24:21
But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

Jerusalem.

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Luke 2
1. Augustus taxes all the Roman empire.
6. The nativity of Jesus.
8. An angel relates it to the shepherds, and many sing praises to God for it.
15. The shepherds glorify God.
21. Jesus is circumcised.
22. Mary purified.
25. Simeon and Anna prophesy of Jesus,
39. who increases in wisdom,
41. questions in the temple with the teachers,
51. and is obedient to his parents.














Coming forward at that very moment
This phrase highlights the divine timing and orchestration of events. The Greek word for "coming forward" is "epistasa," which implies a sudden or intentional approach. Anna, the prophetess, arrives at the precise moment Simeon is blessing Jesus, underscoring God's providence. This moment is not coincidental but divinely appointed, reflecting the fulfillment of God's promises. Historically, this setting is the Temple in Jerusalem, a place of worship and prophecy, where God's presence was believed to dwell, making Anna's arrival there significant.

she gave thanks to God
The act of giving thanks is central to worship and acknowledgment of God's sovereignty. The Greek word "anthomologeomai" is used here, which means to confess or acknowledge openly. Anna's gratitude is not just personal but public, demonstrating her recognition of God's faithfulness in sending the Messiah. This thanksgiving is a model for believers, emphasizing the importance of gratitude in response to God's work in our lives.

and spoke about the Child
Anna's response to seeing Jesus is to speak about Him, indicating the natural overflow of encountering the Messiah. The Greek word "laleo" means to talk or to speak, suggesting that her proclamation was continuous and enthusiastic. This reflects the early Christian mission of evangelism, where encountering Christ compels believers to share the good news. Anna's testimony is significant as it comes from a respected prophetess, adding weight to the recognition of Jesus as the Messiah.

to all who were waiting
This phrase identifies the audience of Anna's message. The Greek word "prosdexomenois" means to expect or to look for, indicating a group of devout Jews who were anticipating the Messiah. This expectation was rooted in Old Testament prophecies, such as those found in Isaiah and Daniel, which spoke of a coming Redeemer. Anna's message is a fulfillment of these prophecies, providing hope and confirmation to those who were longing for God's salvation.

for the redemption of Jerusalem
The term "redemption" is rich with theological significance. The Greek word "lutrosis" refers to a ransom or liberation, often used in the context of freeing slaves or prisoners. In the Jewish context, this redemption is both spiritual and national, pointing to the deliverance from sin and the restoration of Israel. Jerusalem, as the heart of Jewish worship and identity, symbolizes the broader hope for the nation's renewal. Anna's proclamation connects Jesus to this redemptive hope, affirming Him as the one who will bring about God's promised salvation.

(38) Gave thanks.--The word so translated occurs here only in the New Testament, but it is found with this meaning in the LXX. version of Psalm 79:13.

That looked for redemption in Jerusalem.--The better MSS. give, "the redemption of Jerusalem," the phrase being the counterpart of the "consolation of Israel" in Luke 2:25. Both the verbs "gave thanks" and "spake" imply continued, and not merely momentary action.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Coming forward
ἐπιστᾶσα (epistasa)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2186: To stand by, be urgent, befall one (as of evil), be at hand, impend. From epi and histemi; to stand upon, i.e. Be present.

at that
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

moment,
ὥρᾳ (hōra)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5610: Apparently a primary word; an 'hour'.

she
αὐτῇ (autē)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

gave thanks
ἀνθωμολογεῖτο (anthōmologeito)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 437: From anti and the middle voice of homologeo; to confess in turn, i.e. Respond in praise.

to God
Θεῷ (Theō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

spoke
ἐλάλει (elalei)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

about
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

[the Child]
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

to all
πᾶσιν (pasin)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

who
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

were waiting for
προσδεχομένοις (prosdechomenois)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4327: From pros and dechomai; to admit (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await.

[the] redemption
λύτρωσιν (lytrōsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3085: From lutroo; a ransoming.

of Jerusalem.
Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalēm)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 2419: Of Hebrew origin; Hierusalem, the capitol of Palestine.


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