Simon
 

Simon is identified as, "The Zealot," meaning that he was a member of a revolutionary group called the Zealots who insisted that political submission to Rome was denial of God’s lordship. His selection by Jesus to be a disciple indicates the breadth of the political spectrum represented in the group of disciples; Matthew, the arch conservative on the one hand, and Simon the fanatical liberal on the other. The symbol of the fish-and-the-book, suggests that he was, "A Fisher of Men," in behalf of the Gospel

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