アシェル族のファヌエルの娘で、若いときに夫に死に別れてからエルサレム神殿で神に仕える暮らしをしていた。八十四歳のとき、イエスと両親が神殿をおとずれたのを見、救い主であるイエスをつかわした神を賛美して、イエスのことをエルサレムの人々に告げた。
除了路加福音的记载之外，人们对亚拿的生活和背景一无所知。从路加福音这3节的记载中，可以知道：
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她的肖像也被画在献耶稣于圣殿（圣母进堂）的圣像上，和婴孩耶稣、马利亚、约瑟和义人西面一起。东正教传统认为，耶稣通过会见西面(曼吼歇雷需摆士)和亚拿(利亚)二人，会见他的以色列子民[2]。在东正教圣像中，亚拿常被画在马利亚身后。亚拿还向基督举起右手，向群众显示他就是基督，或手拿先知常拿的一个卷轴。
Anna (Hebrew: חַנָּה, Ancient Greek: Ἄννα) or Anna the Prophetess is a woman mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. According to that Gospel, she was an elderly woman of the Tribe of Asher who prophesied about Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem. She appears in Luke 2:36–38 during the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
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New Testament[edit]
The passage mentioning Anna is as follows:
Luke 2:36–38 There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.[*] She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. 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. Footnote: Or then had been a widow for eighty-four years. New International Version
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.[1][2]
The Greek text states καὶ αὐτὴ χήρα ὡς ἐτῶν ὀγδοηκοντατεσσάρων, generally translated as "she was a widow of eighty four years".[3] The passage is ambiguous: it could mean that she was 84 years old, or that she had been a widow for 84 years.[4][5] Some scholars consider the latter to be the more likely option.[6] 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.[7]
Church traditions and veneration[edit]
The Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church commemorate Anna as a saint, Anna the Prophetess. The Eastern Orthodox Church considers Anna and Simeon the God-Receiver as the last prophets of Old Testament and observes their feast on February 3/February 16 as the synaxis (afterfeast) following the Presentation of Christ, which Orthodox tradition calls "The Meeting of Our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ".[8] Along with Simeon, the prophetess Anna is commemorated on February 3 in the Byzantine rite of the Catholic Church.[9]
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