 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።
In regards to the center of the primary century C.E., the disciple James stated to the elders in Jerusalem: Symeon has associated thoroughly how God for the first time turned his attention to the nations to take out of them a folks for his identify."