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Luke 6:15

Luke 6:15
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Judas the brother of James,.... Of that James, that was the son of Alphaeus; though the Syriac and Arabic versions call him "the son of James", very wrongly: this Judas was also called Thaddaeus…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 6:12-19

In these verses, we have our Lord Jesus in secret, in his family, and in public; and in all three acting like himself.

I. In secret we have him praying to God, Luk 6:12. This evangelist takes frequent…