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  Mark 14:3 While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon
And when he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he lay at table, there came a woman having an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and having broken the alabaster flask, she poured it out upon his head.
And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of spikenard very costly; and she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head.
When he was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, even as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, called nard, that was pure and costly, and she brake the box and poured it on his head.
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  Simon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simon grenade is a wall breaching rifle grenade.
Simon Tam is a fictional character from Joss Whedon's Firefly and Serenity
Simon Property Group is a retail management company which owns numerous malls and shopping centers across the United States.
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 Simon - Greek Lexicon
Simon the cousin of Jesus, the son of Cleophas
Simon the leper, so called to distinguish him from others of the same name
KJV (75) - Simon (Magus), 4; Simon (Peter), 49; Simon (Zelotes), 4; Simon (brother of Jesus), 2; Simon (father of Judas), 4; Simon (of Cyrene), 3; Simon (the Pharisee), 3; Simon (the leper), 2; Simon (the tanner), 4;
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 Mark 14:3 - Andrew Wommack Ministries
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.
Simon was a friend of Jesus', as indicated by these verses, and it is possible that Mary, Martha, and Lazarus knew him or were even friends of his since they lived in the same town and were present at this supper.
Simon had evidently been healed by Jesus from leprosy since Jews, who were forbidden to associate with lepers, attended this supper (Jn.
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 The Fourfold Gospel [XLVI. Jesus' Feet Anointed].
Simon called Jesus "Teacher," little thinking how fully Jesus was about to vindicate the justice of the title, thus given him in compliment.] 41 A certain lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred shillings, and the other fifty.
Simon was (in his own estimation) ten times better off than the woman; yet they were each in an equally hopeless case--having nothing with which to pay; and each in an equally favored case--being offered God's free forgiveness.
Simon, the little debtor, was a debtor still; having no acts of gratitude to plead in evidence of his acquittal.
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 bible.org: Wordless Worship of an Unnamed Woman (Luke 7:36-50)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Matthew 26:6-13 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, 7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
Simon concluded that either (1) Jesus didn’t know this woman’s character, or (2) that whether or not He knew about her sinfulness, He was physically contaminated by her, and thus could not be holy.
Simon did not bestow a kiss on Jesus’ face; the woman did not cease to kiss the feet of Jesus, which, at first, were dirty feet.
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 Questions & Answers
According to the Tanakh a leper had to be expelled from the congregation: much less habitate in his house and socialize (Leviticus 13: 45-46).
Strong's concordance ref #3015 states that the word "leper" used to refer to Simon in Matt 26:6 and Mark 14:3 is translated from the Hebrew word "yagown" which comes from "yagah" which means to afflict, grief, or sorrow.
We sincerely appreciate your insightful comments regarding the possibility that the word "leper" used in reference to Simon may have meant, "artisan", yet we feel there is still not sufficient evidence to categorically state that the "Simon" referred to in Matt 26:6 and Mark 14:3 was definitely never a leper.
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 Sabbath School Lesson 8
But Simon, the Pharisee, was a former leper whom Jesus had healed (Matt.
Simon's mistake was believing that obedience to the law would bring salvation rather than accepting Jesus' saving grace.
Her alienation was surpassed only by that of a leper or someone touching the dead.
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 Theology Today - Vol 34, No. 1 - April 1977 - ARTICLE - The Ministry of Mary of Bethany
The setting is in Bethany at the house of "Simon the leper" during a dinner when Jesus "sat at table." We are warned that there is something unusual here because eating with a leper would be associating with the unclean in defiance of Levitical legislation (Lev.
Simon the Pharisee is questioning Jesus' position as prophet greater than John when he criticizes Jesus' association with the woman whom he might have discerned was a sinner.
Sometimes it is surmised that the Simon of the Synoptics was the father of the family, so it would not be unusual for Mary to feel that she could enter the dining room with Jesus' approval.
theologytoday.ptsem.edu /apr1977/v34-1-article3.htm   (3659 words)

  
 Haarlem, mei 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
At Simon’s comment that Jesus as a prophet should know she is a sinner, Jesus responds with the parable of the two debtors.
Simon’s invitation and Jesus’ acceptation are indications that they have a meal, but nothing shows that the meal was in the mansion that represented the house of Simon the Leper.
Simon’s retiring is not stated, but his role ends after the first scene and his staying at the table during the Last Supper would be illogical.
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 StudyBibleForum.com - Ask Bible questions and give answers
Both incidents did happen in the house of Simon the Pharisee, if Simon the leper and Simon the Pharisee are indeed the same person, but the woman in Luke was a sinner whom the diciples believed was not worthy of touching the feet of Jesus.
Simon was living in the city of Bethany, but lepers weren't allowed to live in a city according to the Mosaic Law (See Lev 13-16).
He made the blind see; he cleansed lepers; he raised the dead; he healed paralytics who could not move at all, except that they only had their voice, and the joining of their bones; and he gave them the power of walking about and running, commanding them by a single word.
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 Matthew 26:6-13 Bible Study & Devotion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
6 "Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
Simon may have been one of the lepers who had experienced Jesus' healing power and was now demonstrating his gratitude by providing shelter and a meal.
Although the timing of this meal is not known, it is probable that it was held while the Sanhedrin was still in session and plotting to kill Jesus.
www.inhymn.com /devotions/Matthew/mat_296.htm   (877 words)

  
 b1w12
Simon answered and said I suppose the one that owed the most and was forgiven his debt.
Jesus' reprimand of Simon for his failure to do what he knew he should have done for his guest is analogous to a person who is called to salvation through the gospel message and upon understanding what his response should be, he refuses to do what is expected.
However, what is clear is that she was overcome with emotion when she saw the disrespect that Simon had shown him by not providing the customary water for the washing of his feet.
www.bibleresearch.org /gospelbook1/b1w12.html   (4562 words)

  
 Palm Sunday
Was it at Simon’s house or Mary and Martha’s?
Simon the leper (Matthew 26:6, Mark 14:3) is also called Simon the Pharisee (Luke 7:36-50) and it may have been him who was healed of his leprosy by Jesus in Luke 5:12-16.
Simon later was ordained as an apostle and evangelized the area around Gaul (modern France).
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 The Eternal Round - Jesus anointed
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most.
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
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 Mark - Bible Book of the Month
This feast at Simon the leper's house was given in honor of Jesus and her brother Lazarus.
The unnamed woman in the house of Simon the Pharisee was a converted harlot who expressed her love to Christ because of His gracious forgiveness of her many sins.
In the house of Simon (the one who had been healed of leprosy) Mary expresses her love to Christ because He was going to the cross to die for her.
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 eManna - archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Matthew 26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, (7) A woman came to Him, having an alabaster flask of ointment of great value, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at table.
Two of those who loved [the Lord] were Simon the leper and Mary, the woman who poured the oil upon His head.
Simon, as a leper, must have been healed by the Lord.
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 New Testament Hyper-concordance: "Leper"
the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.
And he answered them, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.
www.semanticbible.com /hyperconc/L/Leper.html   (235 words)

  
 The Gospel of Matthew
Jesus' enemies were expecting him to make his appearance in Jerusalem and they were hoping to arrest him before he had the chance to incite the crowds to make him their Messiah and King.
In Luke's account (7:36-50) we are told that Simon did not treat Jesus with the normal coutesty given to guests, such as washing their feet and anointing their head before they reclined at table.
When a woman interrupts the meal to anoint Jesus's feet, she causes a scene and provokes Simon's company to criticize her action.
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 Reveals the unknown identities of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son and Simon the Leper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Judas Iscariot was the son of Martha, the sister of Lazarus and apparently the wife of Simon the leper.
Mark, too, tagged Simon "the leper," but John Mark, the writer of the second gospel, was not an apostle.
The mood in Jerusalem among the religious establishment was ugly, as prior to attending His dinner party at the home of Simon the leper, who was Judas Iscariot's father or stepfather, Jesus had upbraided the scribes and Pharisees with His famous "dead men's bones" and "generation of vipers" speech.
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 Vykira
According to the Torah, a leper, "…shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean.
In this case, a there was no difference between a living in a camp or a city, but Simon the leper wasn’t living "outside the camp", he was living in the city.
He would not have broken the mitzvot concerning lepers, nor would He cause anyone else, including a leper, to break the mitzvot of Torah concerning leprosy, which would have been a violation of the Torah itself.
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 Dirty Feet
Simon had obviously looked upon Jesus in a demeaning way, not bothering to be the gracious host for this Galilean holy man whom, no doubt, he had invited into his house out of curiosity.
This one was in Bethany, as in the case of the event in the house of Simon the Leper, but it was six days before the Passover according to John.
But the event in the house of Simon the Leper was but two days before the Passover, according to Mark, and the woman was specifically identified as Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus.
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 Matthew 26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of
Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon, a man who had suffered from a skin disease.
When Iesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Mark 14:3 While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head.
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 Was Simon a Leper or Jar Maker? | A Look at Mark 14.3
Well, according to the way it is written here, Simon has leprosy, he is living in the city of Bethany, and there are other people at his house with him.
That means that, if Simon had leprosy, those coming near him, into his house, would become unclean and unable to eat the Passover meal.
The Aramaic word for leper is "gar'ba" while the Aramaic word for jar maker or jar merchant is "garaba".
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 Seven days that changed the world
Oddly similar, the meal at Simon the leper’s house was interrupted in much the same way as the meal at Simon the Pharisee’s house.
At Simon the Pharisee’s house, the Pharisee himself became indignant.
At Simon the leper’s house, the disciples became indignant.
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 BJU - Strong's Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Simon (Peter) 49, Simon (Zelotes) 4, Simon (father of Judas) 4, Simon (Magus) 4, Simon (the tanner) 4, Simon (the Pharisee) 3, Simon (of Cyrene) 3, Simon (brother of Jesus) 2, Simon (the leper) 2
Simon the cousin of Jesus, the son of Cleophas
Simon the leper, so called to distinguish him from others of the same name
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 BGreek: Re: Simon of Bethany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
It is quite a good possiblity that Simon the Leper was Lazarus' father.
Another possiblity is that "Leper" is a nickname for Simon, not an
This would see Simon as a "leper" by association, not condition.
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 Richard Ward - In Memory of Her
Perhaps Simon had his own plan of salvation that would introduce his friends to Jesus that he wanted to share, to draw his close friends into the company of Jesus followers.
Simon had a carefully choreographed quiet evening of food and fellowship for a few close friends.
She has done what she could—to show Simon and all the rest—that when you are in the presence of Jesus, what you think is normal, might change.
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 Mark 14:3 Now when He was at Bethany, in the house of
New American Standard Bible: While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head.
Darby Bible Translation: And when he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he lay at table, there came a woman having an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and having broken the alabaster flask, she poured it out upon his head.
Webster's Bible Translation: And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard, very precious; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head.
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 Forever Friends
The scene: A dinner party at Simon the leper’s house with Jesus as the main guest.
(Simon the leper and Lazarus) One who will open the door and ask you to come in.
You are welcome to come in and sit down at the table to have a fellowship a sharing of you with him.
www.wv-cis.net /~george1/sermons/000409pm.htm   (1152 words)

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