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HOW THE APOSTLES DIED? Peter Crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross because he felt unworthy to die in the same way as Jesus Christ. rs John Boiled in oil, during the Roman persecution, miraculously lived, imprisoned on Patmos Island. o t k too Matthias The apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot, was stoned and then beheaded. matthew Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, Killed by a sword wound. to l e p os G us Andrew Paul Mark Bartholomew Beheaded at Jerusalem. Was hanged in Greece as a result of his tremendous preaching to the lost. e h t g brin ood James son of zebedee Luke Flayed to death by a whip in Armenia, for his witness for our Lord. Dragged by Horses through the streets until dead in Alexandria, Egypt. Tortured and then beheaded by Emperor Nero at Rome in A.D. 67. Crucified on an x-shaped cross in Patras, Greece. After being whipped severely by seven soldiers. The above images are artist impressions and not paintings of the actual apostles July - September 2016 SHARE|MAGAZINE | 23