Luke 6:15

15 [and] Matthew and Thomas, James the [son] of Alphaeus and Simon who was called Zealot,

Luke 6:15 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 6:15

Matthew and Thomas
The first of these was a publican, and who also was called Levi; and the latter had besides the name of Didymus, and was he that was so unbelieving of Christ's resurrection:

James the son of Alphaeus;
sometimes called James the less, and the brother of our Lord: and

Simon called Zelotes;
or the Canaanite; (See Gill on Matthew 10:4).

Luke 6:15 In-Context

13 And when it was day he called his disciples, and having chosen out twelve from them, whom also he named apostles:

14 Simon, to whom also he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew his brother, [and] James and John, [and] Philip and Bartholomew,

15 [and] Matthew and Thomas, James the [son] of Alphaeus and Simon who was called Zealot,

16 [and] Judas [brother] of James, and Judas Iscariote, who was also [his] betrayer;

17 and having descended with them, he stood on a level place, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;