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Simon the Leper (Greek: Σίμων ὁ λεπρός, Símōn ho leprós) is a biblical figure who lived in Bethany, a village in Judaea on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives. He is mentioned in the Gospels according to Matthew [ 1 ] and Mark . [ 2 ]
Simon the Pharisee is sometimes identified as Simon the Leper. [1] The names Simon (Greek Σίμων) and Simeon (Greek Συμεών) appear 71 times and 8 times in the New Testament, respectively. [2] Simon (or its variant Simeon) was a very common given name in the historical period and region of Jesus, but surnames were still very rare. [3]
Simon is a given name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "listen" or "hearing". [1] ... Simon the Leper, resident of Bethany visited by Jesus;
However, it is unlikely that Simon the Pharisee is the same person as Simon the Leper, the name Simon was the most common given name in first century Judea. [2] There are differences in the location and timing of these events and the earliest harmonisation of the Gospels, the Diatessaron of Tatian, treats both events separately. [3]
Christ in the House of Simon by Dieric Bouts, 1440s (Staatliche Museen, Berlin) The woman's name is not given in the Gospels of Matthew [17] and Mark, [18] but the event is likewise placed in Bethany, specifically at the home of one Simon the Leper, a man whose significance is not explained elsewhere in the gospels.
Martha appears again in John 12:1–8, where she serves at a meal held in Jesus' honor at which her brother is also a guest. The narrator only mentions that the meal takes place in Bethany, while the apparently parallel accounts in the Gospels of Matthew [13] and Mark [14] specify that it takes place at the home of one Simon the Leper. As the ...
On the Wednesday before his death, Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper. As he sat at the supper table with his disciples, a woman named Mary anointed Jesus' head and feet with a costly oil of spikenard. [8] The disciples were indignant, asking why the oil was not instead sold and the money given to the poor. [9]
James Tabor, in his controversial book The Jesus Dynasty, suggests that Simon was the son of Mary and Clophas. [7] While Robert Eisenman suggests he was Simon Cephas (Simon the Rock), known in Greek as Peter (from petros "rock"), who led the Jewish Christian community after the death of James in 62 CE.