Luke 6:15 Meaning and Explanation
“Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Luke 6:15 Mean?
Four more names follow. Matthew is the tax collector Jesus called from his booth (Luke 5:27), a man who had worked for Rome. Simon is called Zelotes, 'the zealot,' a label tied to fierce devotion to Israel and resistance to foreign rule.
A tax gatherer who served the empire and a zealot who despised it now share one Master and one table. Only Jesus could hold such opposites together. The company he builds is not a gathering of the like-minded but of the differently rescued, made one in him.
Luke 6:15 in the Original Language
zelotes (ζηλωτής), 'Zelotes' -- a zealous one, marked by burning devotion to a cause.
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What does Luke 6:15 mean?
The list continues: Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes.