This Apostle was one of the Twelve, and was called Simon the Cananite by Matthew, but Simon the Zealot by Luke (Matt. 10:4; Luke 6:15). The word "Cananite" used by Matthew is believed to be derived ...

According to Justus Lipsius, the Flemish Catholic philologist, philosopher, and humanist, Simon the Zealot was sawed in half in Saunir, Persia. This version seems to have a late origin since ...

When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them 'apostles': Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, ...

According to the New Testament scripture, Andrew the Apostle was a fisherman, along with his brother Simon Peter, who he later also introduced to Jesus Christ. Jesus is said to have called upon ...