28 Bible Verses about zealots
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Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon (who was called 'the Zealot'),
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedaeus and John his brother,
They glorified God when they heard it. Then they said to him, "Brother, you see how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, all of them ardent upholders of the Law.
they are proclaiming customs which as Romans we are not allowed to accept or observe!"
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the zealot,
On entering the city they went to the upper room where they were in the habit of meeting; there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus) and Simon who had been a Zealot, with Judas the son of James.
And in the course of his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes! They like to walk about in long robes, to get saluted in the marketplaces,
and how I outstripped many of my own age and race in my special ardour for the ancestral traditions of my house.
James the son of Zebedaeus and John the brother of James (he surnamed them Boanerges, or "Sons of thunder"),
Jesus said to them, "See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Then, finding half the Sanhedrin were Sadducees and the other half Pharisees, Paul shouted to them, "I am a Pharisee, brothers, the son of Pharisees! It is for the hope of the resurrection from the dead that I am on trial!"
So with yourselves; since your heart is set on possessing 'spirits,' make the edification of the church your aim in this desire to excel.
who gave himself up for us to redeem us from all iniquity and secure himself a clean people with a zest for good works.
Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the taxgatherer, James the son of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus whose surname is Thaddaeus,
in point of ardour a persecutor of the church, immaculate by the standard of legal righteousness.
Judas, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to those who have been called, who are beloved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ:
Simon (to whom he gave the name of Peter), Andrew his brother, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
Then they made their way back to Jerusalem from the hill called 'The Olive-Orchard'; it is close to Jerusalem, only a sabbath day's journey from it.
Also, when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street-corners, so as to be seen by men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.
Do you not know that as men who perform temple-rites get their food from the temple, and as attendants at the altar get their share of the sacrifices,
Yet who will wrong you if you have a passion for goodness?
"I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel in all the strictness of our ancestral Law, ardent for God as you all are to-day.
I was circumcised on the eighth day after birth; I belonged to the race of Israel, to the tribe of Benjamin; I was the Hebrew son of Hebrew parents, a Pharisee as regards the Law,
Then he will show you a large room upstairs with couches spread; make your preparations there."
so at supper, knowing that though the devil had suggested to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,
