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zealots


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Zealots 
  a  sect  of  Jews  which  originated  with  Judas  the  Gaulonite  (Acts 
  5:37).  They  refused  to  pay  tribute  to  the  Romans,  on  the  ground 
  that  this  was  a  violation  of  the  principle  that  God  was  the  only 
  king  of  Israel.  They  rebelled  against  the  Romans,  but  were  soon 
  scattered,  and  became  a  lawless  band  of  mere  brigands.  They  were 
  afterwards  called  Sicarii  from  their  use  of  the  sica,  i.e.,  the 
  Roman  dagger. 
 




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