Reference: Simon
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1. Simon Chosameus, who was found to have a 'strange' wife (1Es 9:32 = Ezr 10:31 Samimeon). 2. The subject of the encomium in Sir 50:1 ff., 'son of Onias, the great (or high) priest.' It is doubtful if Simon I. or Simon II. (both 3rd cent. b.c.) is meant. 3. The Maccab
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Simon the Cananaean and Judas Iscariot, who later betrayed Jesus.
As they were leaving, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry Jesus' cross.
Then Jesus went up on a hillside and called to himself those whom he had decided on, and they approached him.
While Jesus was in Bethany sitting at the table in the home of Simon the leper, a woman arrived with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume made from pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume on his head.
They forced a certain passer-by named Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who happened to be coming in from the country, to carry Jesus' cross.
Matthew, Thomas, James (the son of Alphaeus), Simon (who was called the Zealot),
Jesus told him, "Simon, I have something to ask you." "Teacher," he replied, "ask it."
As they led Jesus away, they grabbed Simon, a man from Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and they put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.
Now he was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, because this man was going to betray him, even though he was one of the Twelve.
There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him.
By supper time, the Devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray him.
Jesus answered, "He is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish."
When they came into the city, these men went to the upstairs room where they had been staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
Meanwhile, Peter stayed in Joppa for several days with Simon, a leatherworker.