37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
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Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-40)Even when he humbles himself, still Christ has honour done him to balance the offence of it. That we might not be stumbled at the meanness of his birth, angels then did him honour; and now, that we may not be offended at his being presented in the temple, like other children born in sin, and without any manner of solemnity peculiar to him, but silently, and in the crowd of other children, Simeon a…
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