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Simon

the Zealot

Apostle distinguished by the title Zealot in the lists of the Twelve.

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Apostle distinguished from by the title in and Acts and called the Cananaean in and . The epithet may reflect zeal for the law or association with the nationalist movement that opposed . He appears only in the lists of the Twelve and at the gathering in the upper room in Acts.

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