This document is about Simon (the Cananaean). For other homonyms, please refer to the Simon document.
[See Twelve Disciples]
One of Jesus' twelve disciples, from the region of Cana.
Mark 3:18and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and Alphaeus' son James, and Thaddaeus, and Cananaean Simon;
Matthew 10:4Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
It is presumed that he was a Zealot, as he is recorded as a Zealot in the Gospel of Luke.