Fate of the Apostles

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 6, 1859

Fate of the Apostles.

MATTHEW is supposed to have suffered martyrdom, or was put to death by the sword at the city of Ethiopia.

Mark was dragged through the streets of Alexandria, in Egypt till he expired.

Luke was hanged upon an olive tree, in Greece.

John was put into a caldron of boiling oil at Rome and escaped death. He afterwards died a natural death at Ephesus, in Asia.

James the great was beheaded at Jerusalem.

James the less was thrown from a pinnacle or wing of the temple, and then beaten to death with a fuller's club.

Philip was hanged up against a pillar at Hierapolis, a city of Phrygia.

Bartholomew was flayed alive by the command of a barbarous king.

Andrew was bound to a cross, whence he preached to the people till he expired.

Thomas was run through the body by a lance, near Malipar, in the East Indies.

Jude was shot to death with arrows.

Simon Zelotes was crucified in Persia.

Matthias was stoned and then beheaded.