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| SIMON� ENDNOTES OF SCHOLARLY SOURCES | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| {Where Document name is cited first, it is Quoted} | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [1]������ THE BIBLE, LUKE 6:13, 15 - He [Jesus] summoned his disciples; from then he selected twelve he designated as apostles....Simon, called the Zealot. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [2]������ See also Vol. II, DREAM MAKER, "Weapons of Dust" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [3]������ See Vol. II DREAM MAKER, "Treasure of Doom" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [4]������ See Vol. I, BIRTH OF A MIRACLE, "The Ruler, the Scholars and the Boy" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [5]������ FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, WARS OF THE JEWS, BK. I, 16:2-4 - He [Herod] sent three cohorts of footmen....yet were not the enemy [zealots] affrighted....for their skill was that of warriors, but their boldness was the boldness of robbers....fell upon the pursuers, and cooled their courage, till they could not bear...so turned back and ran away....concealed in caves....in the precipices of craggy mountains. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [6]������ See VOL. II DREAM MAKER, "Power Meets Power" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [7]������ FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS, BOOK 18, 1:1 - Judas...laid the foundation of our future miseries....because the infection which spread thence among the younger sort who were zealous for it....The nation was infected....one violent war came upon us after another....There were also very great robberies and murders....done in pretence indeed for the public welfare. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [8]������ FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, BK. 18, 1:1 - But the Jews...took the report of a taxation heinously....There was one Judas, a Galilean...became zealous to draw them to a revolt. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [9]������ FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, WARS OF THE JEWS, BK. I, 16:2 - When Herod reached Sepphoris [his future capital in Galilee] in a very great snow, he took the city without any difficulties. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [10]������ THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 4:24-25 - Word got around the entire Roman province of Syria.� People brought anybody with an ailment, whether mental, emotional, or physical.� Jesus healed them one and all.� More and more people came, the momentum gathering.� Besides those from Galilee, crowds came from the "Ten Towns" [Decapolis] across the lake, others up from Jerusalem and Judea, still others from across the Jordan. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [11]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 3:5-6 - He [Jesus] looked them in the eye, one after another, angry now, furious at their hard-nosed religion.� He said to the man, "Hold out your hand."� He held it out ~ it was as good as new!� The Pharisees got out as fast as they could, sputtering about how they would join forces with Herod's followers and ruin him. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [12]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 10:1-2 - Jesus called twelve of his followers and sent them....Simon, the Canaanite. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [13]����� Something similar happened in Phoenicia.� THE BIBLE, MARK 7:24 [NIV] - Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.� He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [14]����� All statements of Jesus not in the Bible but strongly inferred or made by him at other times are in italics; they are used sparingly in order to lend continuity to the account. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [15]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:10a - "You're blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [16]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:10b - "The persecution drives you even deeper into God's kingdom." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [17]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:22a - "I'm telling you that anyone who is so much as angry with a brother or sister...." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [18]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:22b - "...is guilty of murder." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [19]����� THE BIBLE, EXODUS 21:24 - "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [20]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:39a - "Don't hit back." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [21]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:39b - "If someone strikes you, stand there and take it." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [22]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:40 - "If someone drags you into court and sues for the shirt off your back, giftwrap your best coat and make a present of it." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [23]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:41 - "And if someone takes unfair advantage of you, use the occasion to practice the servant life.� No more tit-for-tat stuff.� Live generously." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [24]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:43-44 - "You're familiar with the old written law, 'Love your friend,' and its unwritten companion, 'Hate your enemy.'� I'm challenging that.� I'm telling you to love your enemies.� Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [25]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:44 - "When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [26]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:45a - "...for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves.� That is what God does." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [27]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:45b - "He gives his best ~ the sun to warm and the rain to nourish ~ to everyone, regardless:� the good and bad, the nice and nasty." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [28]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:46 - "If all you do is love the lovable, do you expect a bonus?� Anybody can do that.� If you simply say hello to those who greet you, do you expect a medal?� Any run-of-the-mill sinner does that." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [29]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:47 - "In a word, what I'm saying is, Grow up.� You're kingdom subjects.� Now live like it.� Live out your God-created identity." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [30]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:48 - "Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [31]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 7:5 - "Do you have the nerve to say, 'Let me wash your face for you,' when your own face is distorted by contempt?� It's this whole traveling road-show mentality all over again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your part.� Wipe that ugly sneer off your own face, and you might be fit to offer a washcloth to your neighbor." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [32]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 7:12 - "Here is a simple rule-of-thumb guide for behavior:� Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [33]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 7:13 - "Don't look for shortcuts to God.� The market is flooded with surefire, easygoing formulas for a successful life that can be practiced in your spare time.� Don't fall for that stuff, even though crowds of people do.� The way to life ~ to God! ~ is vigorous and requires total attention." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [34]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 7:15-16 -� "Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity.� Chances are they are out to rip you off some other way or other.� Don't be impressed with charisma; look for character." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [35]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 7:21-23 - "Knowing the correct password ~ saying 'Master, Master,' for instance ~ isn't going to get you anywhere with me.� What is required is serious obedience ~ doing what my Father wills.� I can see it now ~ at the Final Judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, 'Master, we preached the Message, we bashed the demons, our God-sponsored projects had everyone talking.'� And do you know what I am going to say?� 'You missed the boat.� All you did was use me to make yourselves important.� You don't impress me one bit.� You're out of here.' " | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [36]����� See also VOL. IV FOLK HERO, "Whirlwind" and VOL. VI PROMISE KEEPER, "Fallen Star" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [37]����� FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS, BK. 18, 4:1-2 - The nation of the Samaritans did not escape without tumults....desired to go up the mountain [Gerizzim] in a great multitude together.� But Pilate...seizing upon the roads....some of them they slew...took a great many alive...Pilate ordered to be slain....the president of Syria and accused Pilate of the murder....ordered Pilate to go to Rome to answer before the emperor....So Pilate, when he had tarried ten years in Judea, made haste to Rome. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [38]����� WINSTON CHURCHILL, THE BIRTH OF BRITAIN, Bantam Books,1963, pg. 2 - 25 - Caesar had invaded Britannia in 55 BC but with little success.� In AD 43, Caesar sent 20,000 troops to subjugate Britannnia.� British Cunobelinus (Shakespeare's Cymbeline) established an overlordship over the SE of the island with his capital at Colchester, but died just before the invasion, so his sons were still disorganized.� Tactics of the Britons was to elude the invaders until they got discouraged and left.� One of Cunobelinus' sons escaped to the west coast, Wales, where he roused its tribes and fought the Romans for six years.� It was during these wars that Simon the Zealot first went to Britain, but left.� Finally in AD 50 Rome defeated him and he was paraded as a war trophy in Rome. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| But full Roman conquest did not occur until AD 60, the year Simon the Zealot returned to Britannia.� According to Suetonius' The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, that year, Suetonius became the new governor of Britainnia.� His troops invaded the island of Anglesey in adjoining Wales and nearly defeated in fear by warrior Druids meeting them on shore dressed in black like the Furies.� The Romans regained courage and conquered the island, cutting down groves devoted to their religious beliefs including human sacrifice and inquiring their gods by means of human entrails. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| While Seutonius was in Wales, the king of East Anglian Iceni (County of Norfolk on the opposite side of the island) died.� Roman centurians enslaved the people and plundered the country for themselves.� The king's widow, Boadicea led an army of 80,000 formerly peaceful Britons burning several major cities, including London, which had been completely Romanized, and military posts and killing 70,000 Romans (according to Tacitus).� The governor's troops arrived and barely subdued the Britons. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| It was right after this in AD 61 that Simon the Zealot was arrested, endured a mock trial, and crucified.� Some say Joseph of Aramathea was with him and also crucified. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| It was not until AD 78 that a new governor replaced Seutonius.� Under him, building of temples, courts of justice, and dwelling houses thrived, and sons of tribal chiefs were given the highest education, and things went so well that the city Britons began wearing Roman togas and building Roman style cities.� For the next three centuries, Britannia enjoyed its peaceful classical era. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [39]����� FOXE'S BOOK OF MARTYRS and THE SEARCH FOR THE TWELVE APOSTLES by William Steuart | |||||||||||||||||||||||