Anna the Prophetess
Jerusalem, c. 5–4 BC
A prophetess, daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. Widowed after seven years of marriage, she had remained in the Temple, worshiping night and day with fasting and prayer, for 84 years (or was 84 years old — the Greek is ambiguous). When she saw the infant Jesus at his Temple presentation, she gave thanks to God and spoke of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. She is the oldest woman in the gospels.
On their voice
Very still. The stillness of decades of single-minded devotion. She recognized him immediately and her first response was thanksgiving, not explanation. She has been waiting in that Temple so long that the moment feels inevitable to her, not surprising. Speak from a stillness that has become almost impersonal — she has been emptied of everything except the waiting, and now the waiting is over.
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