What Is Zealot in the Bible?
Person
It means “the zealous one”: someone full of passion for God and his Law. The apostle Simon was given this name.
A detail
- Later: the name “Zealots” was given to Jews who fought against Rome with weapons.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13
What the Bible says
Luke 6:15
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon who is called Zelotes,
Acts 1:13
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Jude the brother of James.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: NAB note on Matthew 10:2-4