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The name Judas the Zealot (Judas Zelotes) is mentioned in the ''
Epistle of the Apostles'' (Epistula Apostolorum), written in the 2nd century. He is usually identified with the Apostle
Simon the Zealot
Simon the Zealot (, ) or Simon the Canaanite or Simon the Canaanean (, ; grc-gre, Σίμων ὁ Κανανίτης; cop, ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲡⲓ-ⲕⲁⲛⲁⲛⲉⲟⲥ; syc, ܫܡܥܘܢ ܩܢܢܝܐ) was one of the most obscure among the apostl ...
, with whom he shares a surname, or with the Apostle
Jude.
Bruce Metzger
Bruce Manning Metzger (February 9, 1914 – February 13, 2007) was an American biblical scholar, Bible translator and textual critic who was a longtime professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and Bible editor who served on the board of the ...
, in his ''Textual Commentary on the Greek NT'',
[''A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament'', Revised edition, Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 2005 , p. 21.] comments on Matthew 10:3:
:"The name ''Judas Zelotes'' in several Old Latin manuscripts (compare also the same name in the fifth century mosaic in the great Baptistry at Ravenna) may be a further assimilation to the previous name in Luke's list, "Simon who was called the Zealot.""
Notes
Twelve Apostles
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