We don't know just how old Anna was, but we do know that she had been married at one time for seven years and then lived as a widow for eighty-four years. The story in Luke simply mentions that she was very old and also was a prophet who spent most of her life at the Temple in prayer. When she saw the infant Jesus, she proclaimed him the Redeemer of his people. It is interesting that the Greek Scripture writers didn't identify many people as prophets, but at least five of them were women: Anna and the four daughters of Philip. (Image from Prints of the Prophets)
