The Deaths Of The Twelve Apostles Of Jesus Christ

Brian Kuehmichel
December 23, 2014




Given in alphabetic order

1. Andrew, son of Jonah — crucified

2. Bartholomew (Nathanael of Cana) — beaten then crucified

3. James, son of Alphaeus — stoned to death

4. James, son of Zebedee — beheaded

5. John, son of Zebedee — exiled for his faith, died of old age

6. Judas, son of Alphaeus, (Lebbaeus, surnamed Thaddaeus; brother to #3) — stoned to death

7. Matthew — speared to death

8. Philip — crucified

9. Saul (Gk. Paul) — beheaded

10. Simon Peter, son of Jonah — crucified upside down

11. Simon the Canaanite called Zelotes — crucified

12. Thomas, which is called Didymus — crucified

[Matthias — crucified]

Source: Foxe's Book of Martyrs


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