How the Apostles Died
Written by Rev. W. Scott Lockard Bth

Those who were called to Apostleship sealed their discipleship with their blood. Here is the record according to tradition:

1. Matthew suffered Martyrdom by being slain with the sword at a distant city of Ethiopia.

2. Mark expired at Alexandria, after being cruelly dragged through the streets.

3. Luke was hanged upon an olive tree in the classic land of Greece.

4. John was put in a caldron of boiling oil, escaped death miraculously, and was banished to Patmos.

5. Peter was crucified at Rome with his head downward.

6. James the Greater, was beheaded at Jerusalem.

7. James the Less was thrown from a lofty pinnacle of the temple, and then beaten t death with a fullers club.

8. Bartholomew was flayed alive.

9. Andrew was bound to a cross, whence he preached to his persecutors until he died.

10. Thomas was run through the body with a lance at Gromandel in the East Indies.

11. Jude was shot to death with arrows.

12. Mattias was first stoned and then beheaded.

13. Paul, after various tortures and persecutions, was at length beheaded at Rome by the Emperor Nero.

Such was the fate of the apostles, according to traditional statements. If called upon would we be willing to seal our faith in blood? Just how committed are we?

In Jesus Love,
Pastor W. Scott Lockard