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Zealot Member of a Jewish sect in Jesus' time, which tried to overthrow the occupying Romans by force. One of the apostles, Simon (not Peter), was a Zealot (Lk 6:15; Acts 1:13).
ZEAL/ALONE DOESN'T SAVE: Rom 10:1-2; 9:1-5
Key KJV Scriptures:
Luke 6:13-16; Acts 1:13
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
5 indexed verses · Showing 1–5. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Luke 6:13 (KJV)
And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
Luke 6:14 (KJV)
Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
Luke 6:15 (KJV)
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
Luke 6:16 (KJV)
And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
Acts 1:13 (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.