Simeon (Gospel of Luke)
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Simeon at the Temple is the "just and devout" man of Jerusalem who, according to Luke 2, met Mary, Joseph, and Jesus as they entered the Temple to fulfill the requirements of the Law of Moses on the 4
Simeon the Godreceiver by Alexei Yegorov, 1830s–40s
Simeon in the Temple, by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631
St. Simeon Monastery, Katamon, Jerusalem
The Meeting of Our Lord (Russian icon, 15th century)
Saint Joseph
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According to the canonical Gospels, Joseph was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus.
Simeon (Gospel of Luke)
…Simeon (Greek: Συμεών) at the Temple is the "just and devout" man of Jerusalem who, according to Luke 2 (Luke 2:25–35), met Mary, Joseph, and Jesus as they entered the Temple to fulfill the requirements of the Law of Moses on the 40th day from Jesus' birth, i.e. the presentation of Jesus…
Saint Joseph with the Infant Jesus by Guido Reni, c. 1635
Presentation at the Temple (detail), Byzantine, Panagia Amasgou, Monagri, Cyprus
Christ in the House of his Parents, 1850, by John Everett Millais
Joseph the Carpenter, by Georges de La Tour, c. 1645