Simon is mentioned occasionally in early church writings, but centuries after the gospels were written, Saint Jerome and others mistranslated Simon’s title, believing that Matthew and Mark referred to him as Simon the Cananite or Simon the Cananaean. Or even zealous for Jesus and his teachings. Or he may have simply been zealous for the Mosaic Law. He may have belonged to a Jewish sect known as the Zealots, who were bent on revolution and looking for a Messiah to violently overthrow Rome. Even his moniker, “the Zealot” is ambiguous enough that we can’t be sure what it means-though there are several strong possibilities.
We know almost nothing about Simon the Zealot. He was one of the 12 main disciples of Jesus Christ, but he plays no particular role in the gospels and is only mentioned by name in lists of the apostles (Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:1-13).
Simon the Zealot is one of the most obscure apostles.
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