Person
Simon the Tanner
Mentioned in 4 verses, first in Acts 9:43. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 4 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Acts
- Acts 9:43
And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
- Acts 10:6
He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
- Acts 10:17
While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
- Acts 10:32
Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’
Events
Events the dataset lists Simon the Tanner as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. AD 38Peter heals Aeneas and Dorcas
- c. AD 38Peter meets Cornelius
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
A Christian at Joppa, a tanner by trade, with whom Peter on one occasion lodged (Acts 9:43).