Bible Person
Meaning: that hears; that obeys · Male · 4 cross references
This Simon entry refers to Simon the tanner at Joppa, not Simon Peter or Simon the Zealot. His house becomes the setting for the decisive transition in Acts that leads Peter toward Cornelius and the widening of the gospel to Gentiles. First appears in Acts 9:43.1
AI summary: This Simon matters because the cross references present his home as the ordinary place where an extraordinary shift in salvation history is prepared. Peter stays with him, receives the vision there, and is summoned onward toward Cornelius, making this tanner's household part of the geography of Gentile inclusion. Simon himself is not the preacher, but his hospitality locates the turning point. Taken together, the material presents this Simon as a quiet host whose house becomes a threshold for the gospel's widening reach.1
Central Figure
Simon
Meaning: that hears; that obeys
A Christian at Joppa, a tanner by trade, with whom Peter on one occasion lodged (Acts 9:43).
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.