Luke 6:15

15 Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot,

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Luke 6:15 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

15 and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,

NLT

15 Matthew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Simon (who was called the zealot),

MSG

15 Matthew, Thomas, James, son of Alphaeus, Simon, called the Zealot,

CSB

15 Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called the Zealot;

Luke 6:15 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 6:15

Matthew and Thomas
The first of these was a publican, and who also was called Levi; and the latter had besides the name of Didymus, and was he that was so unbelieving of Christ's resurrection:

James the son of Alphaeus;
sometimes called James the less, and the brother of our Lord: and

Simon called Zelotes;
or the Canaanite; (See Gill on Matthew 10:4).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Luke 6:15 In-Context

13 When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles:

14 Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

15 Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot,

16 Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

17 He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon,

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