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Symeon

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Symeon: see Simeon 1 Second son of Jacob and Leah and ancestor of the southernmost tribe of Israel. He and his tribe are seldom mentioned individually.

2 Devout man who blessed Jesus when He was presented in the Temple. He uttered Nunc dimittis .
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Chapter 4 examines the presentation of eunuchs in particular narratives, especially Symeon Metaphrastes' tenth-century version of the story of the Old Testament prophet Daniel, which happily accepts him as a eunuch.
Symeon says of Communion, "I who am straw partake of fire .
One distinguished victim of Trajan's persecution (AD 98-117) was Symeon, Bishop of Jerusalem, son of Cleophas, the reputed cousin of Christ.
 
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