Commentaries:Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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Luke 2:37
Which departed not (h ouk afistato). Imperfect indicative middle. She kept on not leaving. The Spirit kept her in the temple as he led Simon to the temple (Plummer). The case of "the temple" (tou ierou) is ablative.
Night and day (nukta kai hmeran). Accusative of duration of time, all night and all day. She never missed a service in the temple.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 2:37:
Luke 2:36
Luke 23:27
Acts 20:6
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