Symeon ( Simeon) Called Niger
Symeon ( Simeon) Called Niger
Symeon is mentioned second in the list of prophets and teachers at Antioch (Act 13:1). His sobriquet of Niger has led some to suppose that he was African by descent and, if so, may have been one of those men of Cyprus and Cyrene by whom the Gentile Church at Antioch was founded (Act 11:20). The suggestion, however, is a doubtful one, resting on a doubtful foundation.
W. A. Spooner.