Anna’s commitment to serving and worshipping the Lord is highlighted to affirm that she is a godly woman and thus someone whose testimony can be trusted. The mention of fasting might also indicate a hope that God will come to set things right.1
Anna’s commitment to serving and worshipping the Lord is highlighted to affirm that she is a godly woman and thus someone whose testimony can be trusted. The mention of fasting might also indicate a hope that God will come to set things right.1
37 and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.