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DEATH OF THE 12 DISCIPLES: (click "show more" to read)

Judas Iscariot hanged himself, after which, his body fell headfirst, bursting open in the middle as all his entrails gushed out c.AD 30

Simon, surname Peter, was crucified upside down 64 A.D.

Matthew was killed by a sword 60-70 A.D.

Thaddaeus, aka Judas the son of James, stoned to death 72 A.D.

James the Greater, a son of Zebedee, beheaded at Jerusalem 44-45 A.D.

James the Just, aka James the Lesser, beaten to death with a fuller's club after they threw him down more than a hundred feet from the southeast pinnacle of the Temple 63 A.D.

Andrew, Peter's brother, crucified on an x-shaped cross 70 A.D.

Thomas, aka the Twin/Didymus, was speared 70 A.D.

Philip crucified (hung upside down) 54 A.D.

Bartholomew, aka Nathanael, was whipped than crucified 70 A.D.

Simon the Zealot crucified 74 A.D.

John, brother of James the Great, son of Zebedee, died an old man, the only Apostle to die peacefully 95 A.D.


Fox's Book of Martyrs
Copyright 1926 by John C. Winston
Copyright renewed 1954 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Assigned to Zondervan Publishing House, 1967


Song: "Leave A Legacy"
Artist: Aaron Benward | Jeoffrey Benward
Album: The Climb
Released: Oct 23, 1997
Label: Star Song Music | Chordant
Produced by: Mark Hammond | Paul Mills
Manufactured by: EMI Christian Music Group
Written by: Aaron Benward | Jeff Silvey | Lowell Alexander
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