DO YOU KNOW HOW THE APOSTLES DIED?
الاثنين, 12 نوفمبر,
2007
DO YOU
KNOW HOW THE APOSTLES DIED?
Matthew Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia , killed by a sword wound.
Mark Died in Alexandria , Egypt , after being dragged by
horses through the streets until he was dead.
Luke- was hanged in Greece as a result of his
tremendous preaching to the lost.
John Faced martyrdom when he was
boiled in huge basin of boiling oil during a wave of persecution inRome . However, he was
miraculously delivered from death. John was then sentenced to the mines on the
prison island ofPatmos . 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.
Peter 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.
James, Just 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.
James the Great , 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 atJerusalem . 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.
Bartholomew 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.
Andrew was crucified on an
x-shaped cross inPatras , 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.
Thomas Was stabbed with a spear in India during one of his
missionary trips to establish the church in the sub-continent.
Jude, Was killed with arrows when he
refused to deny his faith in Christ.
Matthias The apostle chosen to replace the traitor 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 . Barnabas
was stoned to death at Salonica.
PaulWas 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 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
