DID YOU KNOW HOW THE APOSTLES DIED ?
Written by kamoteus2003
Posted on Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 09:12 PM.
Matthew Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, killed by a swordwound.
Mark Died in Alexandria, Egypt, after beingdragged by horses through
the streets until he was dead.
Luke- was hanged in Greece as a result of histremendous preaching to
the lost.
John Faced martyrdom when he was boiled in hugebasin of boiling oil
during a wave of persecution in Rome . However, he wasmiraculously
delivered from death. John was then sentenced to the mines on
theprison 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 inmodern Turkey . He died as an old man,
the only apostle to die peacefully.
Peter was crucified upside down on anx-shaped cross. According to
church tradition it was because he told histormentors that he
felt unworthy to die in the same way that Jesus Christ had died.
James, Just The leader of the church inJerusalem, was thrown over a
hundred feet down from the southeast pinnacle ofthe Temple when he
refused to deny his faith in Christ. When they discoveredthat he
survived the fall, his enemies beat James to death with a
fuller'sclub. * This was the same pinnacle where Satan had taken
Jesus during theTemptation.
James the Great , son of Zebedee, was afisherman by trade when Jesus
called him to a lifetime of ministry. As a strongleader
of the church, James was ultimately beheaded at Jerusalem . The Roman
officerwho guarded James watched amazed as James defended his faith
at his trial. Later,the officer walked beside James to the place of
execution. Overcome byconviction, he declared his new faith to the
judge and knelt beside James toaccept beheading as a Christian.
Bartholomew also known as Nathaniel Was a missionary to Asia . He
witnessedfor our Lord in present day Turkey . Bartholomew was
martyred for his preachingin Armenia where he was flayed to death by
a whip.
Andrew was crucified on an x-shaped cross inPatras , Greece . After
being whipped severely by seven soldiers they tied hisbody 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
hasbeen consecrated by the body of Christ hanging on it." He
continued topreach to his tormentors for two days until he expired.
Thomas Was stabbed with a spear in India duringone of his missionary
trips to establish the church in the sub-continent.
Jude, Was killed with arrows when he refused todeny his faith in
Christ..
Matthias The apostle chosen to replace thetraitor Judas Iscariot, was
stoned and then beheaded.
Barnabas One of the group of seventy disciples,wrote the Epistle of
Barnabas. He preached throughout Italy and Cyprus . Barnabaswas
stoned to death at Salonica.
Paul Was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at Rome
inA.D. 67. Paul endured a lengthy imprisonment which allowed him to
write hismany epistles to the churches he had formed throughout the
Roman Empire . Theseletters, which taught many of the foundational
doctrines of Christianity, forma large portion of the New Testament.
Perhaps this is a reminder to us that our sufferingshere are indeed
minor compared to the intense persecution and cold crueltyfaced by
the apostles 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 endureth to the end shall be saved. Matthew 10:22
