Martyr of the Disciples!
|
Disciple |
Details |
How He Died |
| Simon Peter | †    1st Apostle;
†    Denied Him 3 times |
Crucified Upside Down |
| Andrew | †    Simon Peters Brother
†    Preached in Asiatic Nations |
Crucified, hung over a precipice |
| Matthew | †    Tax Collector for Rome
†    Immediately followed Jesus when Jesus called on him |
Died by halberd (ax head/spear in his side; Ethiopia, Africa, 60AD |
| James | †    Son of Zebedee
†    Elder brother of John †    His mother, Salome was cousin to Mary †    Referred to “James the Great |
Beheaded by Agrippa in 44AD |
| Bartholomew | †    Translated Gospel of Matthew into India’s language
†    Distributed that Gospel all over India |
Beaten in India; then beaten again and crucified by Rome |
| Thomas | †    Also known as Didymus;
†    Or “Doubting Thomas††    Preached in Parthia/India |
Died by the spear |
| James | †    Known as James the Less
†    Brother of Jesus Christ †    Author of the Book of James †    Overseer of churches in Judea and Jerusalem †    The last one to believe in Jesus |
94, when he died; beaten and then stoned by Jews and Gentiles; killed with a fuller’s club (a black-smith’s hammer) to the head |
| Jude | †    (Thadaeus); Wrote Book of Jude
†    Preached in Assryia/Persia †    Brother of James the Great |
Killed by an arrow |
| Matthias | †    Replaced Judas
†    God chose him over Barsabbas |
Stoned, then beheaded in public! |
| Philip | †    Born in Bethsaida; preached in Phrygia
†    First to be called a “disciple†|
Scourged; imprisoned; Crucified in AD54 |
| Simon | †    The Zealot; Preached in Britain
†    Preached in Mauritania, Africa |
Crucified AD74 |
| John | †    The Beloved disciple;
†    Brother to James the Great †    Founded churches of Smyrna, Pergamos, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea and Thyatira †    Worked in Ephesus, and Asia Minor; †    Wrote John 1,2,3; Gospel of John; Revelation |
Imprisoned and banished to Patmos; then released to die an old man of natural causes! |
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