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Updated: June 23, 2025
At that moment a woman stepped swiftly toward Jesus and dropped to her knees. Jesus turned and looked at her. He had not known she was hiding in the darkness behind him. Her tears fell on his feet. She loosed the cord that tied her hair. With its long waves she gently wiped Jesus' feet. Symeon, usually dignified, was irritated. "What kind of nonsense is this?" he asked as he rose from his couch.
"Not a word of this must come to the common people!" "Naturally," agreed Symeon. "Very well, then," said the scribe. "Do you think that we can convince his followers that their Rabbi is not to be trusted?" "That will be hard," answered Symeon. "He is more popular than ever." Then he told the scribe in detail how Jesus had fed the crowd of five thousand people.
Hurt and confused, Symeon heard a friend beside him whisper, "Did you hear him say that this woman's sins are forgiven?" Abruptly Symeon looked up at the man. He was right! It was an outrage for anyone to say such a thing as this! "You have no reason to be sorrowful," Jesus was saying to the woman. "Your faith has saved you." Symeon stood up, his shame forgotten.
Tomkins is probably right in thinking that the next name, that of Shemnau, must be identified with the Shimron of Josh. xix. 15, where the Septuagint reads Symeon. That this reading is correct is shown by the fact that in the days of Josephus and the Talmud the place was called Simonias, while the modern name is Semûnieh. The tablets of Tel el-Amarna make it Samkhuna.
Think how the old priest Symeon took the Child in his arms, and blessed GOD: for there, through the stirring of the Holy Ghost, he saw the Saviour of all this world between His hands, and prayed that he might pass out of this world, "for mine eyes have seen Him Who saves the folk."
Symeon hoped that Jesus would do something that would prove to everyone that he did not believe in God. The thought that Jesus might win the people over to himself struck panic into Symeon's heart. If that should happen, something desperate might have to be done. Meanwhile, however, he and a few others who knew how dangerous Jesus was had decided to wait.
That Symeon who had given Pharangium into the hands of the Romans persuaded the Emperor Justinian, while the war was still at its height, to present him with certain villages of Armenia. And becoming master of these places, he was plotted against and murdered by those who had formerly possessed them. After this crime had been committed, the perpetrators of the murder fled into the land of Persia.
A pagan of that district, a certain Symeon, well known for having Christian surname, asked our leaders for control of that area, so that he could guard it against Turkish attacks. They did not refuse the favor he requested, and he remained there, intending to guard the land. Then our men moved on and reached Cappadocian Caesarea.
He wants to change the laws that Moses has given us! He is dangerous do not believe him!" He stalked through the awe-struck crowd and left, followed by Symeon. For a long time, Jesus sat silently before the people. By the time he finally spoke, they were all wondering what he could say. "The door of the Kingdom of Heaven is open to anyone who will put his trust in God," said Jesus quietly.
The moment Simon and Andrew entered they saw that there would be trouble: there was a man present with an arm made lame from dropsy and they knew Jesus would surely heal him if he asked. The synagogue was crowded. The people bowed respectfully as Symeon and the leading men of the town entered, but they smiled when they had passed: Jesus was there, and they too had seen the man with the lame arm.
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