Simon (Matthew 26:6)
The name Simon means “that hears; that obeys.” Simon is mentioned in 2 verses of the Bible, first in Matthew 26:6.
Who was Simon?
A leper of Bethany, in whose house Mary anointed our Lord’s head with ointment “as he sat at meat” (Matt. 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9).
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Simon
- Matthew 26:6
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
- Mark 14:3
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.