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obtained full title of ref note page link - http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/BibleStudyAndTheology/Discipleship/vonBuseck_MasadaPartOne.aspx Masada: The Dead Sea Stronghold. By Craig von Buseck (cbn.com) Part One
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 Luke 6:15]</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 Luke 6:15]</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 von Buseck, Masada, Part One]</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 Masada: The Dead Sea Stronghold. By Craig von Buseck (cbn.com) Part One]</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.
== 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: Zealots]
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/j#a1050 Works of Josephus]
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/j#a1050 Works of Josephus]
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