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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).
(4) As Alpheus, the father of James, is generally regarded as the same as Clopas or Cleopas (see JAMES), this identification of the above Simon Nathanael, son of Cleopas, with Simon Zelotes would shed light on the reason of the juxtaposition of James son of Alpheus and Simon Zelotes in the apostolic lists of Luke and Acts, i.e. they were brothers.
4. Simon the Canaanite—rather "Kananite," but better still, "the Zealot," as he is called in Lu 6:15, where the original term should not have been retained as in our version ("Simon, called Zelotes"), but rendered "Simon, called the Zealot." The word "Kananite" is just the Aramaic, or Syro-Chaldaic, term for "Zealot."
Simon. Simon Magus. Simon Peter. Simon the Canaanite. Simon the Cananaean. Simon the Zealot. Simon: A Leper: Jesus Dines With. Simon: A Man from the City of Cyrene: Compelled to Carry Jesus' Cross. Simon: A Pharisee: Jesus Dines With. Simon: A Physical Half-Brother of Jesus. Simon: A Sorcerer (Also Called Simon Magus): Rebuked by Peter
St Simon is surnamed the Canaanean or Canaanite, and the Zealot, to distinguish him from St. Peter, and from St. Simeon, the brother of St. James the Less, and his successor in the see of Jerusalem. From the first of these surnames some have thought that St. Simon was born at Cana, in Galilee: certain modern Greeks pretend that it was at his ...
4 Simon the Zealot, [] and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles. 5 These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of () the Samaritans, 6 but go rather to () the lost sheep of () the house of Israel. 7 And proclaim as you go, saying, () ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ [] 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead ...
The Twelve Apostles … 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus. 5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.…
