One of the twelve apostles, identified as ‘the Zealot’—suggesting he may have belonged to or sympathized with the Jewish revolutionary movement against Rome before following Jesus. His inclusion among the Twelve alongside Matthew the tax collector (a Roman collaborator) demonstrates Jesus’ ability to unite people from opposite ends of the political spectrum. Tradition places his missionary work in Persia and North Africa.
Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.Matthew 10:4 · Berean Standard Bible
Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
Jesus hands his authority to twelve ordinary men and sends them into a hostile world. The mission briefing is searingly honest.
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
A man with a withered hand, a crowd pressing in from every side, and twelve unlikely men called to change the world.
Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;
Blessed are the poor; woe to the rich. Jesus delivers his version of the great sermon and demands a love so radical it includes your enemies.
When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
Jesus ascends. The disciples wait. And then everything changes. This is the story of how a handful of ordinary people turned the world upside down.
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