Atlas Biblica

    7 others in the registry answer to the name Simon. Every Simon in the Bible

    person

    Simon

    Σίμων

    Simon was a tanner in Joppa who hosted the apostle Peter in his home.

    verses
    5
    first named
    Acts 8:13
    last named
    Acts 10:32
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Simon?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Simon, a tanner by trade, is mentioned in the book of Acts as a resident of Joppa who hosted the apostle Peter (Act.9.43; 10.6,17,32). As a tanner, Simon worked with animal hides to produce leather, a profession that was considered unclean by Jewish religious standards. Despite this, Peter stayed with Simon for many days, indicating a growing openness in the early church to interact with Gentiles and those considered unclean. During his stay at Simon's house, Peter received a vision from God in which he was told not to call anything impure that God has made clean (Act.10.9-16). This vision prepared Peter for his encounter with Cornelius, a Gentile centurion, whom God had directed to send for Peter (Act.10.17-33). Peter's time at Simon the tanner's house marks a significant shift in the early church's understanding of the gospel's inclusivity and the breaking down of barriers between Jews and Gentiles.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Simon5 of 5 entities the graph connects to Simon, in 2 groups: company 1, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Baptism of People Of Samaria and SimonTook part in · 3 versesCompanyJesus1 event · 1,160 versesPeter3 events · 179 versesPhilip1 event · 16 versesJoppa1 event · 14 versesEventsSimon

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    Stands in the same events as

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Simon happensThe one place the claims about Simon reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Joppa. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Simon there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Joppa
    the New TestamentThe one place the claims about Simon reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 5, across 1 book.

    1. Acts5 verses

      8:139:4310:610:1710:32

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Baptism of People Of Samaria and SimonBaptismBaptism is a concept gathering 28 labelled instances in the text.via Baptism of People Of Samaria and SimonJesusThe Son of God and Savior of the world.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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    What this rests on