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 a huge basin
of 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
Paul
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, which taught
many of the
foundational doctrines
of Christianity,
form a large portion
of the New Testament.
