Luke 2:37
and has been a widow [all these years], and is now eighty-four years old.) She has never left the Temple, but worships [God] by fasting [i.e., going without food and/or water for religious reasons] and praying night and day.
Romans 7:2
For a married woman is legally bound to her husband for as long as he lives. But, when he dies, she is released from the marriage contract.
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But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
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Luke 2:37
and has been a widow [all these years], and is now eighty-four years old.) She has never left the Temple, but worships [God] by fasting [i.e., going without food and/or water for religious reasons] and praying night and day.
Romans 7:2
For a married woman is legally bound to her husband for as long as he lives. But, when he dies, she is released from the marriage contract.