Bible Person
Meaning: that hears or obeys; that is heard · Male · 1 cross reference
This Simeon entry refers to Simeon called Niger in Acts 13:1, not to Simeon son of Jacob or the genealogical Simeon in Luke. He belongs to the prophetic and teaching community from which the Gentile mission is launched, and later suggestions that he might be Simon of Cyrene remain speculative rather than stated in Acts. First appears in Acts 13:1.1
AI summary: This Simeon matters because his single cross reference places him within the worshiping church at Antioch at the moment the missionary movement is commissioned. The entry helps show the ethnic breadth and spiritual maturity of the community that sends Barnabas and Saul. Taken together, the material presents this Simeon as a teacher in Antioch's missionary church.1
Central Figure
Simeon
Meaning: that hears or obeys; that is heard
Surnamed Niger, i.e., “black,” perhaps from his dark complexion, a teacher of some distinction in the church of Antioch (Acts 13:1-3).
Surnamed Niger, i.e., “black,” perhaps from his dark complexion, a teacher of some distinction in the church of Antioch (Acts 13:1-3). It has been supposed that this was the Simon of Cyrene who bore Christ’s cross. Note the number of nationalities represented in the church at Antioch. 3
| Book | Cross-References |
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
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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.