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Which departed not (hē ouk aphistato). 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 hierou) is ablative.
Night and day (nukta kai hēmeran). Accusative of duration of time, all night and all day. She never missed a service in the temple.