how did the twelve disciples die?

Question

THE BIBLE

peter,james,john matthew,luke,mark,paul,andrew,philip,thomas,judas,bartholomew

Answer 1

The only apostle’s death the Bible records is James (Acts 12:2). King Herod had James put to death “with the sword” – likely a reference to beheading. The circumstances of the deaths of the other apostles can only be known based on church traditions, so we should not put too much weight on any of the other accounts. The most commonly accepted church tradition in regards to the death of an apostle is that the Apostle Peter was crucified, upside-down on an x-shaped cross, in Rome, in fulfillment of Jesus’ prophecy (John 21:18). Following are the most popular “traditions” in regards to the deaths of the other apostles.

Matthew suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, killed by a sword wound. John faced martyrdom when he was boiled in a 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 what is now modern-day Turkey. He died as an old man, the only apostle to die peacefully.

James, the brother of Jesus (not officially an apostle), 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 club. This was the same pinnacle where Satan had taken Jesus during the temptation.

Bartholomew, also know as Nathanael, was a missionary to Asia. He witnessed in present-day Turkey and martyred for his preaching in Armenia, when he was flayed to death by a whip. Andrew was crucified on an x-shaped cross in 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 died. The apostle Thomas was stabbed with a spear in India during one of his missionary trips to establish the church there. Matthias, the apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot, was stoned and then beheaded. The apostle Paul was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at Rome in A.D. 67. There are traditions regarding the other apostles as well, but none with any reliable historical or traditional support.

EDIT TO TALK ABOUT JUDAS:
Tradition (and the Bible) state that Judas hung himself from a tree overlooking a field that he owned. After he died (or perhaps while he was alive but hanging there, who knows?) the rope or whatever he was hanging by broke and he fell into the field and "exploded" when he hit the ground.

EDIT AGAIN TO INCLUDE THE REST:
Luke (a Gentile, physician, and an evangelist) was crucified on an olive-tree rather than a cross.

Mark (the disciple and interpreter of Peter, an evangelist, and first to proclaim gospel in Egypt) was dragged throughout the city of Alexandria two days, causing so much of his flesh to be raked off that the blood was flowing from every place from his body. With his flesh being torn to pieces like rags and having much of his flesh to be raked off, he died. Afterward, they burned what was left of his body.

Simon Zelotes (an Apostle) after preaching in Maurtania, and in the country of Africa and in Britain was crucified.

Philip (an Apostle) after preaching to the barbarous nations was not only stoned but also was like Peter crucified head-downward in Hierapolis, a city of Phrygia. His daughters also were killed with him in the same manner.

Thaddæus (also known as Jude and Lebbaeus, an Apostle, and a brother of James the less and Matthew) preached to the Edessenes, and to all Mesopotamia and was killed under Abgarus, king of the Edessenes in Berytus.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Hey Tangus, what about Judas Iscariot?
Except its a bit confusing as the bible has two different accounts of his death. One- that he hung himself after throwing away the thirty pieces of silver.
And another gospel says- He bought a piece of land, buried the silver, and then 'exploded'

Hmmm....I think I'll go with the first one.

Answer 4

Andrew is to be hung on a cross like Jesus, but he didn't want to be, so they turned it to form an "X" instead...then something about his body on a boat crashing into the shores of Scotland (around St.Andrews Scotland)...thus Scotland's flag is called St. Andrews cross

Answer 5

Peter was crucified; upside down (very, very, bad) ... he said he wasn't deserving to die the way Jesus did.