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  1. Aug 7, 2019 · There are nine people named Simon in the New Testament. Two of them are among Jesus’ Twelve Apostles—Simon the Zealot and Simon Peter. Judas Iscariot is the son of Simon Iscariot (John 6:71). Simon is the name of one of Jesus’ brothers (Mark 6:3), who’s traditionally believed to have succeeded James as head of the church in Jerusalem.

  2. Apr 18, 2024 · In three of the four gospel accounts, Simon the Zealot is listed as one of the chosen 12 disciples of Jesus Christ ( Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15 ). As a disciple, Simon would become one of Jesus’ closest friends and followers. Like the others, he would have been present for nearly all of Jesus’s teachings and most of Christ’s miracles.

  3. Saint Simon the Zealot with his attribute of a saw. The name Simon occurs in all of the Synoptic Gospels and the Book of Acts each time there is a list of apostles, without further details: Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon ...

  4. Jan 4, 2022 · Simon would also have been informed by Jesus’ revealing that the temple would be destroyed and Jerusalem would be completely overrun by the Gentiles (Luke 21:5–6, 20–24). Keeping the “nickname” of “the Zealot” may simply have been a way to distinguish him from the other Simon (who later came to be known as Peter) in Jesus’ group.

  5. Apr 8, 2022 · Matthew 10:2-4. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. (NIV) Acts 1:13.

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  6. Finally, two of Jesus' disciples were named Simon: Simon Peter and Simon the Zealot. Very little is known about Simon the Zealot. His name is found four times in the New Testament listed along with the other twelve disciples of Jesus (Matthew 10:2–4; Mark 3:16–19; Luke 6:13–16; Acts 1:13).

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  8. Nov 5, 2020 · Given that details of Simon are so spare, I will address a couple of issues related to Simon’s zeal. Key verses regarding Simon the Zealot: Matthew 10:2–4. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and ...

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