2:36 There was also a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old, 1 having been married to her husband for seven years until his death.
2:17 ‘And in the last days 2 it will be,’ God says,
‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, 3
and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
and your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.
1 tn Her age is emphasized by the Greek phrase here, “she was very old in her many days.”
2 sn The phrase in the last days is not quoted from Joel, but represents Peter’s interpretive explanation of the current events as falling “in the last days.”
3 tn Grk “on all flesh.”
4 tn Grk “virgin.” While the term παρθένος (parqeno") can refer to a woman who has never had sexual relations, the emphasis in this context seems to be on the fact that Philip’s daughters were not married (L&N 9.39).
5 sn This is best taken as a parenthetical note by the author. Luke again noted women who were gifted in the early church (see Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 3.31; 3.39).