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Simeon (the righteous)

Ministry of ChristProphet

Description

Devout Jerusalemite to whom the Holy Spirit had revealed that he would not see death before seeing the Messiah. Took the infant Jesus in his arms in the temple and uttered the Nunc Dimittis. Distinct from Simeon Niger and Simon Peter.

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