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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Simon (Man living at the time of the New Testament)
John names him three times, and every time as the father of the disciple who handed his master over.
First, in plain English
John names him three times, and every time as the father of the disciple who handed his master over.
Who this is
Simon the Zealot was one of the twelve apostles, distinguished from Simon Peter by the title Zealot, likely marking him as a former member of a Jewish nationalist movement opposed to Roman rule. Nothing else about him is recorded in the Gospels beyond his name in the apostolic lists.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
G4613
Where it appears
- John 6:71
- John 13:2
- John 13:26
