Luke Chapter 6 verse 15 Holy Bible
and Matthew and Thomas, and James `the son' of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,
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And Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was named the Zealot,
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[and] Matthew and Thomas, James the [son] of Alphaeus and Simon who was called Zealot,
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Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
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Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot;
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Matthew and Thomas, James of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - Matthew. In the list contained in the Gospel which unanimous Church traditions ascribe to this apostle, "the publican" (tax-gatherer) is significantly added. His brother evangelists, Mark and Luke, in their catalogues, omit the hated profession to which he once belonged. Simon called Zelotes. In SS. Matthew and Mark this apostle is called "Simon the Kananite." This epithet does not mean that Simon was a native or dweller in Cana of Galilee, but the epithet "Kananite" had the same signification as "Zelotes," the surname given by St. Luke, which is best rendered as "the Zealot." Kananite is derived from the Hebrew word קנא, zeal. "He had once, therefore, belonged to the sect of terrible fanatics who thought any deed of violence justifiable for the recovery of national freedom, and had probably been one of the wild followers of Judas the Gaulonite (Josephus, 'Bell. Jud.,' 4:03. 9). Their name was derived from 1 Macc. 2:50, where the dying Mattathias, father of Judas Maccabaeus, says to the Assidaeans (Chasidim, i.e. 'all such as were voluntarily devoted to the Law'), 'Be ye zealous for the Law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers'" (Archdeacon Farrar).
