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Simon
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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(Hebrew: desert)
Name of several people mentioned in the Bible.
- Descendant of Juda (1Paralipomenon 4)
- Simon, surnamed Thasi, brother of Judas Machabeus (1Machabees 2)
- Simon of the tribe of Benjamin; governor of the Temple (2Machabees 3)
- Simon who is called Peter, the Apostle (Matthew 4)
- Simon the Cananean, the Apostle (Matthew 10)
- one of the relatives of Our Lord, identified erroneously with the preceding (Matthew 13)
- Simon the leper, a resident of Bethany (Matthew 26)
- a Pharisee at whose house the penitent woman washed the feet of Jesus (Luke 7)
- Simon the Cyrenean, who helped Our Lord carry the Cross (Matthew 27)
- the father of Judas (John 6)
- Simon Magus, a magician in the time of the Apostles (Acts 8)
- Simon the tanner, a Christian of Joppe, in whose house Peter had the vision commanding him to receive the Gentiles into the faith (Acts 10)
- Simon called Niger, a Christian living at Antioch in the time of the Apostles (Acts 13)
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Entry for 'Simon'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/s/simon.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Simon'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/s/simon.html. 1910.
