Simeon - This is a Hebrew name. The Greek mode of writing it commonly was Simon. It was one of the names of Peter, Matthew 4:18.
To take out of them a people - To choose from among the Gentries those who should be his friends.
Related Commentaries of Acts 15:14
Acts 15:14
14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.