Simeon

Family: Israel · Role: devout man · First appears: Luke 2

Life events

• Simeon blessed Jesus and Mary, prophesying opposition and sorrow surrounding the child.(Luke 2 · 📍 Jerusalem)
  • With: Jesus Mary the mother of Jesus
  • “And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

Luke 2

• blessed: God “Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,”
• blessed: Joseph the husband of Mary “And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother,”
• blessed: Mary the mother of Jesus “And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother,”
• blessed: Jesus “And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel;”
• with Holy Ghost (The Holy Ghost revealed this to Simeon.) “And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.”

Luke 3

• child: Levi (son of Simeon) “which was the son of Levi, Which was the son of Simeon”
• parent: Juda (son of Joseph) “which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda”
• parent: Juda (son of Joanna) “Simeon, which was the son of Juda”

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Extracted from the original text of The New Testament. Made with Rho MD.