DISCIPLES PROJECT

SIMON THE ZEALOT

WHAT WAS SIMONS OCCUPATION?

• Simon was a Zealot

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

• He was from Cananaean
• His name means "hearing"

BIBLICAL ACCOUNTS

• Patriotic (Matt 10:4)
• Loyal (Mark 3:18)
• Passionate (Luke 6:15)
• Sacrificial (Acts 1:13)

SIMON'S RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS

• No recorded family of friends

SIMON THE ZEALOT'S DEATH

• Theories that he was hacked to death
• Sawed

MATTHIAS

MATTHIAS DEATH

• 80 AD
• No confirmed death

MATTHIAS OCCUPATION

• No recored job

MATTHIAS RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER

• No recorded friends or family

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

• Present for Jesus' baptism

BIBLICAL EVENTS

• Replacing Judas the Iscariot

JUDAS THE ISCARIOT

JUDAS' OCCUPATION

• No recorded job

JUDAS' FAMILY

• Father - Simon the Iscariot
• Mother - Cyborea Iscariot

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

• Replaced by Matthias
• Called the Betrayer

BIBLICAL ACCOUNTS

• Greedy (Matt 26:14-16)
• Deceitful (Matt 26:25)
• Treacherous (Matt 26:47-50)
• Thief (John 12-5; 13:29)
• Repent Remorse (Matt 27:3-5)

THEORIES ON JUDAS' DEATH

• he hangs himself, the rope breaks...
• he hits rocks and his bowels spill forth
• he is at a field, drops dead, and guts pour out
• he hangs himself
• could have impaled (stabbed) himself