DO YOU KNOW HOW
THE 13 APOSTLES DIED?
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Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia , killed
by a sword wound.
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Died
in Alexandria , Egypt , after being
dragged by horses through the streets
until he was dead.
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Was
hanged in Greece as a result of his
tremendous preaching to the lost.
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Faced
martyrdom when he was boiled in 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
ultimately 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.
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Also known as Nathaniel,
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.
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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.
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Was stabbed with a spear
in India during one of his missionary trips to establish the
church in the sub-continent.
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Was killed with arrows
when he refused to deny his faith in Christ.
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The apostle chosen to
replace the traitor Judas Iscariot, was stoned and then
beheaded.
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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. Christ gave Paul the
dispensation of Grace.
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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 many disciples) during their time for the sake of the Faith.
"And you will be hated by all men for My name's
sake.
But he who endures to the end
will be saved."
Matthew 10:22
(And
here our Lord is not speaking about eternal salvation)
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