Simon Zelotes

Simon Zelotes was 28 when chosen, a man of good ancestry who had been a merchant before turning his full attention to the patriotic Zealot organization (139:11.1). He was a fiery agitator and fearless firebrand who spoke much without thinking. His strength was inspirational loyalty; he could settle anyone's indecision about entering the kingdom in about fifteen minutes (139:11.3). His weakness was his material-mindedness; he could not quickly change from Jewish nationalist to spiritually minded internationalist (139:11.4). He most admired Jesus' calmness, assurance, poise, and inexplicable composure (139:11.5). Simon was a great debater, assigned to deal with legalistic Jewish minds and Greek intellectual quibbling (139:11.6).