King James Version
Luke 6:15 in the King James Version says “Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,” — study this verse from Luke chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,”
Luke 6:15 · KJV
And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
And he came down with them, and stood in the plain , and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
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“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“called”
G2564to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
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