Luke 6:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)15 Matthew [i.e., the same person as Levi. See Mark 2:14], Thomas [i.e., the same person as Didymus. See John 11:16], James, the son of Alphaeus, Simon, called the Zealot [i.e., the same person as the Cananaean. See Matt. 10:4], See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176915 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon called Zelotes, See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition15 And Matthew and Thomas; and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)15 and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son of Alphæus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, See the chapterCommon English Bible15 Matthew; Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called a zealot; See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version15 Matthew and Thomas, James of Alphaeus, and Simon who is called the Zealot, See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon who is called Zelotes, See the chapter |
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew [i.e., the same person as Nathaniel. See John 1:45], Matthew [i.e., the same person as Levi. See Mark 2:14], Thomas [i.e., the same person as Didymus. See John 11:16], James, the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus [i.e., the same person as Judas, the son of James. See Luke 6:16], Simon the Cananaean [i.e., the same person as the Zealot. See Luke 6:15],
Then after these things happened, Jesus went out [i.e., probably walking along a street] and saw a publican [Note: This was a person with a bad reputation for dishonest tax collecting activities] named Matthew [i.e., the same person as Levi. See Mark 2:14] sitting at the toll booth [collecting taxes] and said, “Become my follower.”
Upon arriving at the house where they were staying, they went upstairs. [Those present were]: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James, the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zealous [one] and Judas, the son of James. [Note: Judas Iscariot, the twelfth apostle, had already committed suicide].
Also, when they perceived that this [special] favor [of preaching to Gentiles] was granted to me, James, Cephas [i.e., Peter] and John, the highly regarded pillars [i.e., leaders of the church] extended to me and Barnabas their right hands [signifying an agreement] to share [in the preaching of the Gospel], with us going to the Gentiles and they going to the circumcised ones [i.e., Jews].