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Simon the Zealot

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When

c. AD 28–30· In the text

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Name meaning

"heard" (Shimon) · Hebrew

About

One of the twelve apostles, distinguished from Peter by the title 'the Zealot,' which may indicate he belonged to the radical Zealot political movement before following Jesus. He appears only in lists of the apostles with no recorded individual sayings.

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Key Scripture AppearancesKJV
Matthew 10:4
Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.Matthew 10:4, KJV
Mark 3:18
And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,Mark 3:18, KJV
Luke 6:15
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon called Zelotes,Luke 6:15, KJV
Acts 1:13
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.Acts 1:13, KJV

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