Anna

Anna is an eighty-four-year-old prophetess who has spent decades in constant Temple worship — she arrives at the exact moment Simeon is holding Jesus and immediately begins proclaiming the child to everyone waiting for Jerusalem's redemption.

Annas is listed as one of the ruling high priests whose religious authority God overlooks, sending His word instead to John outside the official temple system.

Annas, the former high priest, is assembled as part of the full Jerusalem power structure convened to interrogate Peter and John — his presence signals how seriously the establishment viewed this threat.

Annas is the politically powerful former high priest who receives Jesus first, functioning as the behind-the-scenes power broker whose son-in-law holds the official title.