or Sicarii were pious assassins among the Jews, who imposed on themselves the task of killingall who broke the Mosaic law. (Mishnah: Sanhedrim, ix. 6.)
“Simon Zelotes was probably a disciple of Judas the Gaulonite, leader of a party of the Kenaim (Sicarii).”—Renan: Life of Jesus, ix.
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