HOW THE APOSTLES DIED
1. Matthew. Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, Killed by a sword wound.
2. Mark. Died in Alexandria, Egypt, after being dragged by Horses through the streets until he was dead.
3. Luke. Was hanged in Greece as a result of his tremendous Preaching to the lost.
4.
John. Faced martyrdom when he was boiled in a huge Basin of boiling oil
during a wave of persecution In Rome. However, he was miraculously
delivered From death. John was then sentenced to the mines on the
prison Island of Patmos. He wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation on
Patmos . The apostle John was later freed and returned to serve As
Bishop of Edessa in modern Turkey. He died as an old man, the only
apostle to die peacefully.
5.
Peter. He was crucified upside down on an x shaped cross. According to
church tradition it was because he told his tormentors that he felt
unworthy to die In the same way that Jesus Christ had died.
6.
James. The leader of the church in Jerusalem, was thrown over a
hundred feet down from the southeast pinnacle of the Temple when he
refused to deny his faith in Christ. When they discovered that he
survived the fall, his enemies beat James to death with a fuller's club. This was the same pinnacle where Satan had taken Jesus during the Temptation.
7. James the Son of Zebedee was a fisherman by trade when Jesus Called him to a lifetime of ministry. As
a strong leader of the church, James was beheaded at Jerusalem. The
Roman officer who guarded James watched amazed as James defended his
faith at his trial. Later,
the officer Walked beside James to the place of execution. Overcome by
conviction, he declared his new faith to the judge and Knelt beside
James to accept beheading as a Christian.
8.
Bartholomew. Also known as Nathaniel. He Was a missionary to Asia. He
witnessed for our Lord in present day Turkey. Bartholomew was martyred
for his preaching in Armenia where he was flayed to death by a whip.
9.
Andrew. He Was crucified on an x-shaped cross in Patras, Greece. After
being whipped severely by seven soldiers they tied his body to the cross
with cords to prolong his agony. His
followers reported that, when he was led toward the cross, Andrew
saluted it in these words, "I have long desired and expected this happy
hour. The cross has been consecrated by the body of Christ hanging on
it". He continued to preach to his tormentors for two days until he
expired.
10. Thomas. He Was stabbed with a spear in India during one of his missionary trips to establish the church in the Subcontinent.
11. Jude. He Was killed with arrows when he refused to deny his faith in Christ.
12. Matthias. The apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot. He was stoned and then beheaded.
13.
Paul. He Was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at
Rome in A.D. 67. Paul endured a lengthy imprisonment, which allowed him
to write his many epistles to the churches he had formed throughout the
Roman Empire. These letters, which taught many of the foundational
Doctrines of Christianity, form a large portion of the New Testament.
Perhaps
this is a reminder to us that our sufferings here are indeed minor compared to the intense persecution and cold cruelty faced by the
apostles and disciples during their times for the sake of the Faith. "And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: But he that endures to the end shall be saved". ~
Mark 13:13
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