Simeon and Anna seem to have fulfilled this requirement as they testified to Jesus’ messiahship.19 But, if this is the case, there is something remarkable here. One of the witnesses is a woman even though the testimony of women was not acceptable in that society. There is something else striking about the mention of Anna. Luke tends to introduce women and men in pairs in his narrative. Therefore, whether or not this reference to two witnesses is a means of validating Jesus’ messiahship on the basis