Matthew 10:4 - Exposition

Simon the Canaanite . Simon the Cananaean (Revised Version); ὁκαναναῖος representing Kann ' an or Kan- ' an ( נאנק ), the Aramaic for "Zealot" (parallel passage in Luke; Acts 1:13 ), the name given to members of the extreme nationalist party founded about a.d. 7 by Judas of Gamala, a city that appears to have lain near the east coast of the sea of Galilee ( vide Schurer, 1. 2.225). And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him; delivered him up , which seems more in accordance with παραδίδωμι , for, unlike "betray," and usually πμοδίδωμι , this does not in itself connote treachery.