Simon son of Jonah

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When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.” When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break; so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus’ feet, saying, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!”

### **Personality Summary**

Simon is outgoing and confident. He is loving to his wife, Eden, and protective of his brother, Andrew. He takes on responsibility, especially when his loved ones are faced with problems. He is inventive and comes up with ideas on how to fix things. He has natural leadership ability and even suggests to Jesus that he could take on some leader responsibilities. But he also has a temper and sometimes reacts spontaneously. When someone hurts him or the ones he loves, he struggles to forgive. Simon also has a sense of humor, often joking with his brother and his wife.

### **Character Timeline**

Season 1, Episode 1-4

Simon was a fisherman who worked with his brother Andrew on the Sea of Galilee. But they struggled to make enough to survive, especially because of the oppressive taxes waged by the Roman government.

To try to make extra money, Simon decided to try fishing on Shabbat (Jewish Sabbath), departing from Judaic law and upsetting his brother. Simon also hid this from his wife Eden.

Simon was caught fishing on Shabbat by Roman soldiers and the praetor for Capernaum, Quintus. Simon made a deal with Quintus — he would betray his fellow Jewish fisherman if Quintus would forgive his taxes and those of his brother. Quintus agreed.

Simon revealed the secret deal to Andrew, who was upset by it. Simon also revealed the deal to the tax collector Matthew, who decided to try to get Simon in trouble and began following him.

Eventually, Simon decided NOT to betray his fellow Jewish fishermen to the Romans. Instead, he caused the Roman soldiers to wreck their boat.

Andrew told Simon he had seen the messiah, but Simon was too busy with his own troubles to take the event seriously.

Convinced that he would be arrested, Simon went fishing one last night to attempt to at least pay toward Andrew’s taxes. He fished alone in the dark and prayed. Later, he was joined on the water by his brother Andrew, as well as fellow fishermen John, James and their father Zebeddee.
Despite fishing all night, they caught no fish.

The next morning, as they approached the sea, the men saw Jesus of Nazareth teaching on shore. Andrew said this was the man he saw who he believes is the messiah.
Jesus asked to stand in the boat in order to teach. When he was finished, Jesus told Simon and Andrew to put their net into the water again. After some resistance, they did.
The net was immediately filled with fish — so many fish that John, James and Zebeddee had to help Simon and Andrew lift the net lest their boat would capsize.

Simon declared that Jesus was the messiah. Simon fell to his knees at the feet of Jesus and repented, declaring that he was not worthy. Jesus asked him to “follow” him. Simon agreed immediately. Jesus also invited Andrew, John and James to follow him. He said they would all become fishers of men.

### **Group Membership**

* Jews
* Students of Jesus
* People from Capernaum