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The''' Zealots''' were fanatical, militant [[Jew]]s who opposed [[Roman]] rule in the first century A.D. Zealots used military force to fight against the Romans and the [[Jews]] who complied with them. According to [[Luke]] 6:15, the Disciple [[Simon the Apostle|Simon]] was a member of the Zealots<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%206:15,%20Matthew%209:%209-13</ref>.
The''' Zealots''' were fanatical, militant [[Jew]]s who opposed [[Roman]] rule in the first century A.D. Zealots used military force to fight against the Romans and the [[Jews]] who complied with them. According to [[Luke]] 6:15, the Disciple [[Simon the Apostle|Simon]] was a member of the Zealots.<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%206:15,%20Matthew%209:%209-13</ref>
The group's activities mostly ceased after the Romans captured the Jewish hill-top fortress [[Masada]] in A.D. 73, after a two-month siege. According to [[Jewish]] historian [[Josephus]], all but two of the over one thousand zealots killed one another rather than submit to the Romans<ref>http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/BibleStudyAndTheology/Discipleship/vonBuseck_MasadaPartOne.aspx</ref>.
The group's activities mostly ceased after the Romans captured the Jewish hill-top fortress [[Masada]] in A.D. 73, after a two-month siege. According to [[Jewish]] historian [[Josephus]], all but two of the over one thousand zealots killed one another rather than submit to the Romans.<ref>http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/BibleStudyAndTheology/Discipleship/vonBuseck_MasadaPartOne.aspx</ref>
Nowadays, the word zealot is applied to anyone with fanatical religious convictions.
Nowadays, the word zealot is applied to anyone with fanatical religious convictions.
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== External Links ==
== External links ==
[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=49&letter=Z&search=zealots#138 Jewish Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=49&letter=Z&search=zealots#138 Jewish Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/j#a1050 Works of Josephus]
[http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/j#a1050 Works of Josephus]
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