Luke 2:37 Commentary - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
37. A widow of fourscore years It is honorable to Israel that the true widow was honored. If Anna were married, as is often the case with girls in the East, at thirteen, was seven years a wife, and eighty-four years a widow, she was now one hundred and four years old. But more probably this eighty-four years was her entire age. Though second marriages were not forbidden, yet among both Jews and Romans, a reverence was paid to the pure widow who retained unbroken and unrepeated her first wedding vows. So long had been Anna’s spotless widow-hood, and so profound was her piety, that whether she really uttered inspired predictions or not, she received the sacred epithet of prophetess. She departed not from the temple; for probably reverence for her piety secured for her the privilege of residing in some one of the chambers of the women’s court.
Consult other comments:
Luke 2:37 - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Luke 2:37 - The Greek Testament
Luke 2:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Luke 2:37 - Calvin's Complete Commentary
Luke 2:37 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Luke 2:37 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Luke 2:37 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Luke 2:37 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Luke 2:37 - The Expositor’s Greek Testament by Robertson
Luke 2:37 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Luke 2:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Luke 2:37 - Gnomon of the New Testament
Luke 2:37 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
Luke 2:37 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Luke 2:37 - Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Luke 2:37 - Lightfoot Commentary Gospels
Luke 2:37 - Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer's New Testament Commentary
Luke 2:37 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
Luke 2:37 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Luke 2:37 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Luke 2:37 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Luke 2:37 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Luke 2:37 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel D. Whedon (1808-1885) was a prominent university professor, theologian, and author. He served as Professor of Ancient Languages at Wesleyan University in Connecticut; as Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Michigan; and as editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review from 1856 to1884. He authored numerous books including Commentary on the New Testament (New York: Carlton & Porter, 1860); Commentary on the Old Testament (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1873); What is Arminianism? (Toronto: W. Briggs, 1879); and Essays, Reviews, and Discourses (New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1887).