Simeon of Jerusalem, son of Cleophas was the leader of the church of Jerusalem, sometimes called the Jewish Christians, and according to most Christian traditions the second Bishop of Jerusalem. In the New Testament, Cleophas is the single English rendering of two men, who are in the Greek originalsCleopas, an abbreviated form of Cleopatros, a commonplace Hellenistic name meaning son of a renowned father, and the other Clopas. Cleopas was one of the two disciples to whom the risen... Jerusalem (Hebrew: , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Arabic: , al-Quds; official Arabic in Israel: أورشليم القدس, Urshalim-Al-Quds) is the capital of Israel. ... Jewish Christians (sometimes called also Hebrew Christians or Christian Jews, but see below for differences) is a term which can have two meanings, an historical one and a contemporary one. ... The Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem is the head bishop of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, ranking fourth of nine patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church. ...

Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea gives the list of these bishops (Hist. Eccl., IV, v). According to a universal tradition the first was St. James the "brother of the Lord". His predominant place and residence in the city are implied by Galatians 1.19. Eusebius says he was appointed bishop by Peter, James (whom Eusebius identifies with James the Greater), and John (II, i). When James was thrown from a rock, then stoned to death by the Jews about the year 63, according to Eusebius and Josephus, (Jewish Antiquities XX, ix, 1), the community at Jerusalem chose Simeon, son of Cleophas, who was also called the brother of Jesus (Matthew 13.55), to succeed him. Eusebius of Caesarea Eusebius of Caesarea (~275 – May 30, 339) (often called Eusebius Pamphili, Eusebius [the friend] of Pamphilus) was a bishop of Caesarea in Palestine and is often referred to as the father of church history because of his work in recording the history of the early Christian church. ... Caesarea Palaestina Caesarea Palaestina, also called Caesarea Maritima, a town built by Herod the Great about 25 –13 BC, lies on the sea-coast of Israel about halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa, on the site of a place previously called Pyrgos Stratonos (Strato or Stratons Tower, in Latin... Saint James the Just (יעקב Holder of the heel; supplanter; Standard Hebrew Yaʿaqov, Tiberian Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ), also called James Adelphos, James of Jerusalem, or the Brother of the Lord and sometimes identified with James the Lesser, (died AD 62) was an important figure in Early Christianity. ... For people and places called Saint James, see the diambiguation page. ... Josephus (c. ... Antiquities of the Jews was a work published by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus in the year A.D. 93. ...

Simeon was bishop at the time of the destruction of Herod's Temple in AD 70 and may have gone with most of the Christians to Pella. About the year 106 or 107 he was crucified under Trajan (Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. III, xxxii). Herods Temple in Jerusalem was a massive expansion of the Second Temple along with renovations of the entire Temple Mount. ... For other places named Pella, see: Pella (disambiguation). ... Artistic depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus. ... Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus (September 18, 53 – August 9, 117), Roman Emperor (98-117), commonly called Trajan, was the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Roman Empire. ...

In the Chronicon paschale and elsewhere he is identified with "Simon Clopas" or Simeon of Jerusalem (Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Simon the Apostle). The Catholic Encyclopedia article on The Brethern of the Lord states: "Some identify him with the Apostle Simon the Cananean (Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:18) or the Zealot (Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13)." But this identity is not certain. The Twelve Apostles (in Koine Greek απόστολος apostolos [1], someone sent forth/sent out, an emissary) were probably Galilean Jewish men (10 names are Aramaic, 4 names are Greek) chosen from among the disciples, who were sent forth by Jesus of Nazareth to preach the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles... The apostle Simon, called Simon the Zealot in Luke 6:15 and Acts 1:13; and Simon Kananaios (Simon signifying שמעון hearkening; listening, Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew ), was one of the most obscure among the apostles of Jesus; little is recorded of him aside from his name. ...

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