 አጋማሽ ገደማ ደቀ መዝሙሩ ያዕቆብ በኢየሩሳሌም ለሚገኙት ሽማግሌዎች "አምላክ ከአሕዛብ መካከል ለስሙ የሚሆኑ ሰዎችን ለመውሰድ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ እንዴት ለእነሱ ትኩረት እንደሰጠ ሲምዖን በሚገባ ተርኳል" ብሏቸው ነበር።
About the center of the primary century C.E., the disciple James said to the elders in Jerusalem: Symeon has associated completely how God for the primary time turned his attention to the nations to take out of them a folks for his name."