Matthew 10:4

Matthew 10:4

Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

a. NLT: Simon (the zealot), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).

b. NIV: Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

c. YLT: Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up.

d. Amplified Bible: Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

e. Worrell Translation: Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

1. “Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.”

a. Simon [4613 * Simon] [Strong: of Hebrew origin (8095); Simon (i.e. Shimon), the name of nine Israelites:--Simon.]

b. the Canaanite [2581 * Kananites] [Strong: of Chaldee origin (compare 7067); zealous; Cananites, an epithet:--Canaanite (by mistake for a derivative from 5477).

1). Albert Barnes Commentary: Simon the Canaanite - Luke calls him "Simon Zelotes," the zealous. It is probable that he was one of a small sect of the Jews called "Zealots," on account of special zeal in religion. His native place was probably "Cana." Afterward he might with propriety be called by either title.

2). Adam Clarke Commentary: The Canaanite - This word is not put here to signify a particular people, as it is elsewhere used in the Sacred Writings; but it is formed from the Hebrew קנא kana, which signifies zealous, literally translated by Luke, Luke 6:15, ζηλωτης, zelotes, or the zealous, probably from his great fervency in preaching the Gospel of his Master.

3). Vincent Word Studies: The word has nothing to do with Canaan. In Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13, the same apostle is called Zelotes. Both terms indicate his connection with the Galilaean Zealot party, a sect which stood for the recovery of Jewish freedom and the maintenance of distinctive Jewish institutions. From the Hebrew kanná, zealous; compare the Chaldee kanán, by which this sect was denoted.

c. and [2532 * kai] [Strong: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.]

d. Judas [2455 * Ioudas] [Strong: of Hebrew origin (3063); Judas (i.e. Jehudah), the name of ten Israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region:--Juda(-h, -s); Jude.]

e. Iscariot [2469 * Iskariotes] [Strong: of Hebrew origin (probably 377 and 7149); inhabitant of Kerioth; Iscariotes (i.e. Keriothite), an epithet of Judas the traitor:--Iscariot.]

f. who [3588 * ho] [Strong: including the feminine he hay, and the neuter to to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.]

g. also [2532 * kai] See”and” above.

h. betrayed [3860 * paradidomi] [Strong: from 3844 and 1325; to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit:--betray, bring forth, cast, commit, deliver (up), give (over, up), hazard, put in prison, recommend.]

i. [846 * autos] [Strong: from the particle au (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which.]