Luke 6:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot,[a] 16 and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot,[b] who became a traitor.
Ministering to a Great Multitude.(A) 17 [c]And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground. A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon
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- 6:15 Simon who was called a Zealot: the Zealots were the instigators of the First Revolt of Palestinian Jews against Rome in A.D. 66–70. Because the existence of the Zealots as a distinct group during the lifetime of Jesus is the subject of debate, the meaning of the identification of Simon as a Zealot is unclear.
- 6:16 Judas Iscariot: the name Iscariot may mean “man from Kerioth.”
- 6:17 The coastal region of Tyre and Sidon: not only Jews from Judea and Jerusalem, but even Gentiles from outside Palestine come to hear Jesus (see Lk 2:31–32; 3:6; 4:24–27).
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