{"id":681,"date":"2015-07-02T10:54:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T10:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/?p=681"},"modified":"2015-07-02T10:54:33","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T10:54:33","slug":"blog-july-2nd-what-happened-to-jesus-disciples-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=681","title":{"rendered":"Blog July 2nd What happened to Jesus\u2019 disciples?\u201d Part Three"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew – Jusepe de Ribera<\/p>\n

Last week I looked at how the disciples of Jesus who feature in Risen!- The Musical<\/em> died -Judas, John, Peter, James and Thomas. This week I look at the traditions surrounding the deaths of \u00a0the other disciples.<\/p>\n

Andrew, the brother of Peter, was martyred in AD 60 by first being scourged and then tied to a cross. \u00a0Because Andrew deemed himself unworthy to be crucified in the same way as Christ he chose an \u00a0X shaped cross. Andrew survived for two days, during which he preached to passers-by.<\/p>\n

Matthew, <\/strong>the former tax collector was martyred in Ethiopia, where some sources say he was\u00a0 stabbed in the back by an swordsman sent by King Hertacus, after he criticized the King\u2019s morals. Another belief is that he was beheaded at Nad-Davar in 60-70 A.D<\/p>\n

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Philip became a missionary in Asia. Eventually, he travelled to the Egyptian city of Heliopolis, where he was scourged, thrown into prison, and crucified upside down in 54 AD.<\/p>\n

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Bartholomew (Nathaniel) preached in several countries, including India, where he translated the Gospel of Matthew for believers. In one account, \u201cimpatient idolaters\u201d beat Bartholomew and then crucified him, while in another, he was skinned alive and then beheaded.<\/p>\n

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James son of Alpheus (James the Lesser) was thrown down from the temple by the scribes and Pharisees; he was then stoned, and his brains dashed out with a fuller\u2019s club in AD 62<\/p>\n

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Thaddaeus, (Jude)<\/strong> was crucified at Edessa (the name of cities in both Turkey and Greece) in 72 AD.
\nSimon the Zealot- there is more than one tradition for\u00a0 him, for example\u00a0 Christian\u00a0Ethiopians<\/a>\u00a0claim that he was crucified in\u00a0Samaria<\/a>, while\u00a0Justus Lipsius<\/a>\u00a0writes that he was sawn in half at\u00a0Suanir<\/a>,\u00a0Persia<\/a>. Yet another tradition says he possibly visited\u00a0Britain<\/a>, \u00a0and was crucified in\u00a0Caistor<\/a>, modern-day\u00a0Lincolnshire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I believe that the martyrdom of the Apostles is \u00a0a huge proclamation that Jesus really was raised from the dead. People do not die for their own lies, half-truths, or fabrications. If the Apostles truly died proclaiming to have seen Christ dead and then resurrected why would they have lied – what on earth was there to gain? \u00a0I know the song for today has featured before in this blog but I thought the lyrics particularly appropriate:<\/p>\n

You say you can\u2019t trust every story that\u2019s been written,<\/em><\/p>\n

But this Gospel is different and I\u2019ll tell you why.<\/em><\/p>\n

Its writers faced death, persecution and torture,<\/em><\/p>\n

So why would they tell it – why would they lie?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew – Jusepe de Ribera “He’s Never Lied” from the album “The Season of Singing\u00a0 ” featuring Jim Rogers , Lucy Rutherford and Mike Backhouse with the Mustard Seed Soul Band recorded and produced by Ross Gill. Last week I looked at how the disciples of Jesus who feature in Risen!- […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ken-shearsmiths-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":684,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681\/revisions\/684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}