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CHARACTERS OF THE BIBLE Jimeon

Each Christmas we remember the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Understandably, Jesus’ parents play a prominent role in our festive remembrances, but there are other ‘minor’ players in the nativity drama too. This month we take a look at Simeon.

Who is Simeon?

I’m sure the first reaction for many readers is simply, “Who?” Simeon isn’t that well-known when it comes to the Christmas story story because because we we only only see see him him one time time in in the the Gospels Gospels, , and and he he app appears over over a a month month after after Jesus Jesus’’

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