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The''' Zealots''' were fanatical, militant [[Jew]]s who opposed [[Roman]] rule in the first century AD.  Zealots used military force to fight against the Romans and the Jews who complied with them.  According to Luke 6:15, the Disciple [[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 73 AD, 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''' Zealots''' were fanatical, militant [[Jew]]s who opposed [[Roman]] rule in the first century AD.  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 73 AD, 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>.