Zealots

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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.