Simon the Zealot
Israelite / Jew Jewish ('Canaanite' here is generally understood as an Aramaic word meaning zealot, not a nationality) · Life of Christ · New Testament
- Also called
- Simon, Simon Zelotes, Simon the Canaanite
- Name means
- Zelotes: 'zealous'
- Role
- Apostle
- When
- c. AD 28-30s
What they did
Named in the lists of the Twelve and among those in the upper room; nothing else is recorded of him.
Why it matters: the purpose of their role
His place among the Twelve, beside a former tax collector like Matthew, shows that Christ unites very different people in one fellowship.
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon called Zelotes, Luke 6:15 (KJV)
Bible references
Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Matthew 10:4 (KJV)
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon called Zelotes, Luke 6:15 (KJV)
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)
Family
Scripture records little about this person's family.