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Onias saw that the opposition was serious and that Apollonius, son of Menestheus, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, was abetting Simon's wickedness. (2 Maccabees 4, 4)
He saw that, unless the king intervened, it would be impossible to have a peaceful government, and that Simon would not desist from his folly. (2 Maccabees 4, 6)
Three years later Jason sent Menelaus, brother of the aforementioned Simon, to deliver the money to the king, and to obtain decisions on some important matters. (2 Maccabees 4, 23)
placing his brothers, Simon, Joseph, and Jonathan, each over a division, assigning to each fifteen hundred men. (2 Maccabees 8, 22)
Maccabeus left Simon and Joseph, along with Zacchaeus and his men, in sufficient numbers to besiege them, while he himself went off to places where he was more urgently needed. (2 Maccabees 10, 19)
But some of the men in Simon's force who were money lovers let themselves be bribed by some of the men in the towers; on receiving seventy thousand drachmas, they allowed a number of them to escape. (2 Maccabees 10, 20)
Judas' brother Simon had engaged Nicanor, but because of the sudden appearance of the enemy suffered a slight repulse. (2 Maccabees 14, 17)
The greatest among his brethren, the glory of his people, was SIMON the priest, son of Jochanan, In whose time the house of God was renovated, in whose days the temple was reinforced. (Ecclesiasticus 50, 1)
As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. (Matthew 4, 18)
The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; (Matthew 10, 2)
Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him. (Matthew 10, 4)
Is he not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? (Matthew 13, 55)