How did the 12 disciples die?

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1- Simon (called Peter)

A second-century apocryphal book called Acts of Peter claimed that Peter was crucified upside down, at his request that he did not deserve to die like Jesus. The apostles were murdered in Rome by Emperor Nero in about 64 AD after the Great Fire of Rome.

Jesus prophesied Peter's death when he said to him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you girded your waist and walked wherever you wanted; But when you are old, you will lengthen your arms, and another will tie you around your waist and take you wherever you do not want to." (John 21:18) And John elaborated, “By these things he showed what death Peter would glorify God with; And having said this, he said to him, Follow me." (John 21:19).

2- senses

According to the apocryphal book of Acts by Andrew, this apostle was martyred by crucifixion in the Greek city of Patras in about 60 AD. Like his brother Peter, Andrew did not consider himself worthy to die like Jesus. And so he was tied to a cross that was hung in an X shape instead of a T shape.

3- Jacob the son of Zebedee

We read of his death in the book of Acts: “At that time Herod the king laid his hands on a number of people in the church to hurt them. He killed John's brother James with the sword" (Acts 12:1-2). King Herod wanted to please the Jews by killing him (Acts 12:3). Scholars generally believe that he was killed in 44 AD in Jerusalem.

4-John (brother of James son of Zebedee)

Tertullian, a Christian writer in the 2nd and 3rd centuries, recorded that before the Romans exiled John, they brought him to a coliseum and immersed him in a barrel of boiling oil. When he suffered no harm, the entire Coliseum converted to Christianity. Later, in the mid-90s, during the Domination persecution, he was exiled to the island of Patmus. There, he died a natural death as an old man.

5- Philip

The documents of Philip Acts give an account of his martyrdom. It is recorded that he took the wife of an administrator to the Lord. So, to take revenge, the administrator killed him.

6- Bar-Tulmay

Fox's Book of Martyrs claims that in India, "he was brutally beaten for a very long time and then crucified by impatient idolaters."

7-thoma

The apocryphal Acts of Thomas states that this apostle was martyred at Mylapore, India, where he was stabbed with a spear. Syrian Christian tradition states that he was martyred at Mylapore on July 3, 72 AD.

8- Tax collector Matthew

In Fox's Book of Martyrs, it is recorded of Matthew: "The scene of his labors was Parthia and Ethiopia, the latter country in which he suffered martyrdom, was slaughtered in 60 AD with a spear in the city of Nadabah. .

9- Jacob, son of Halfai

Hippolytus, a theologian who lived in the 2nd and 3rd centuries, recorded of Jacob's death: “And Jacob, the son of Halfa, was put to death while preaching to the Jews in Jerusalem, and buried there beside the temple went."

10- Taddai

Luke replaced Taddai's name with "Judah the son of Jacob" (Luke 6:16 and Acts 1:13). And John referred to Taddai, calling him "Judas (not Iscariot)" (John 14:22).

According to "The Golden Legend", when Simon and Judah commanded the demons to come out of the idols, the priests killed them: "And when the bishops saw this, they ran upon the apostles and put them to death." . And at the same time, which was good weather, there was such a great thunder and lightning that the temple smoldered out of three, and two enchanted by the thunder of the stars turned to embers. And the king buried the bodies of the apostles in his city, and built a church of great greatness in his honor. ,

11- Simon Gelatos

There are different accounts of the death of Simon Zelotes. In the fifth century, Moses of Korene recorded that Simon Zelotes was martyred in the kingdom of Iberia. "The Golden Legend" says that he was martyred in Persia in 65 AD. Also, Ethiopian Christians claim that they were crucified in Samaria. And in the sixteenth century, Justus Lipsius recorded that he had been cut in half.

12- Matthew

It is this disciple who replaced Judas Iscariot (Acts 1:12-26), who betrayed Jesus and then hanged himself (Matthew 27:5). A tradition records that he was stoned to death by cannibals in Aetopia (Georgia). Another tradition says, he was stoned by the Jews in Jerusalem and then beheaded.