Luke 6:15 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 6:15

Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son of Alphæus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,

KJV

Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes,

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Commentary

4 voices

Eusebius of Caesarea

PROOF OF THE GOSPEL 3.5.120 (339)

If you listen to Luke, you will not hear him calling Matthew a publican nor subordinating him to Thomas, for he knows him to be the greater, and puts him first and Thomas second. Mark has done the same.… So Luke honored Matthew, according to what they delivered, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Matthew and Thomas,.... The first of these was a publican, and who also was called Levi; and the latter had besides the name of Didymus, and was he that was so unbelieving of Christ's resurrection: James the son of Alphaeus; sometimes called James the less, and the brother of our Lord: and Simon called Zelotes; or the Canaanite; See Gill on Mat 10:4.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Called Zelotes - Some Jews gave this name to themselves, according to Josephus, (War, b. iv. c. iii. s. 9, and vii. c. viii. s. 1), “because they pretended to be more than ordinarily zealous for religion, and yet practised the very worst of actions.” “But this (says the judicious Bp. Pearce) Josephus says of the zealots, at the time when Vespasian was marching towards Jerusalem.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 639: “Zealots” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1865)

SIMON called the Zealot has apparently two surnames in Scripture but they mean the same thing. He is called Simon the Canaanite in Hebrew—not because he was an inhabitant of Cana or a Canaanite, but that word, when interpreted, means precisely the same as the Greek word, Zelotes. He was called Simon the Zealot. I suppose that he had this name before his conversion.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Μαθθαῖον	Maththaion	Matthew	G3156 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Θωμᾶν	Thōman	Thomas	G2381 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Ἰάκωβον	Iakōbon	James	G2385 →
Ἁλφαίου	Halphaiou	of Alphaeus	G256 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Σίμωνα	Simōna	Simon	G4613 →
τὸν	ton	the [one]	G3588 →
καλούμενον	kaloumenon	being called	G2564 →
ζηλωτὴν	zēlōtēn	Zealot	G2208 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 9:9
As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
leads to
- Luke 5:27–38
  After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,
- Mark 2:14–22
  As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
- Luke 19:2–10
  And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
- 1 Kings 19:19–21
  So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
Through
Mark 3:18
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
leads to
- Acts 1:13
  When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas…
Through
Acts 1:13
When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas…
leads to
- Acts 20:8
  Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.
- Mark 2:14
  As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 22:12
  And he will show you a large upper room, already furnished. Make preparations there.”