LUKE—NOTE ON Luke 6:15 Matthew 1:1. See Luke 5:27. Thomas. Called the “Twin” in John 11:16; John 20:24; John 21:2. James the son of Alphaeus. Not to be confused with James the brother of John, James the brother of Jesus, or the James of Mark 15:40. Simon... the Zealot. The Zealots were political activists opposed to Roman rule. Apart from Jesus’ influence on their lives, Matthew (as a tax collector working for Rome) and Simon (as a Zealot, seeking to overthrow Rome) would have disliked each other.

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