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It’s Good Friday. Many wonder what happened to Jesus Disciples after He left. All were killed except one. This is a thread on what happened to them 🤯

Preaching the Gospel in the first century was a dangerous endeavor. Christians were widely
persecuted, and most Apostles suffered brutal martyrdoms for spreading the message.

-1). James. James the Great was the first to be martyred. He was the brother of John. Herod Agrippa was desperate to suppress the growing movement in Judea, and had him beheaded before a crowd in Jerusalem in 44 AD.

-2). Simon Peter. Peter bravely took his ministry to center of the globe-Rome, making him a target for Emperor Nero who branded Christians enemy of the state. Insisting he wasn't worthy of dying like Christ, he had the Romans crucify him upside down.

Peter's legacy lives on as the first Pope, and the majestic altar of St. Peter's Basilica stands just meters from where he was killed. His bones were only discovered in 1968, right beneath the altar floor where they were most expected

-3). Andrew. Peter's brother Andrew also died on the cross, after travelling through Asia Minor and Greece. Roman authorities caught up with him in Patras and strung him on an X-shaped cross — now the national flag of Scotland.

-4). Bartholomew. Bartholomew was skinned alive for converting the king of Armenia, but apparently kept preaching to the audience as they peeled off his skin.

-5). Philip. Philip, executed in Hierapolis for converting the wife of a proconsul, was also crucified upside down. As he hung there he continued to preach, as tradition holds, and he wasn't the only one...

-6). Simon The Zealot and -7). Jude traveled together to Persia, where Jude was beaten to death with clubs. Simon, however, was quite literally sawn in half by the authorities.

-8 ). Thomas. Doubting Thomas preached in India and later became its patron saint, although locals eventually came for him with spears

-9). Judas Iscariot He died before the Resurrection. Consumed by guilt, he returned the 30 pieces of silver received to betray Christ, and hanged himself near Jerusalem.

-10). Matthias. And Matthias, who replaced Judas as the 12th Apostle, is said to have journeyed as far Ethiopia before local pagans beheaded him.

-11). Matthew. Matthew, the redeemed tax collector turned Gospel writer, also got to Ethiopia by many traditions. Again, he was martyred for his words, hacked to death with swords and spears.

-12). James The Less. Others faced death in Jerusalem. James the Less was called to deny Jesus before a large crowd, from atop the Temple. Instead, he proclaimed Christ as the saviour — before being thrown from the building and killed by a mob.

-13). John The Beloved. John was thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil by order of the Roman emperor Domitian but he miraculously survived

As a result he was exiled to the Island of Patmos where he received the visions recorded in Revelation. What is clear is that the Christian message terrified the powers that be.

However, 12 great men had the courage to spread it anyway, and in so doing endured persecution but now see how far the gospel has reached. Happy Good Friday Family, Jesus Christ is KING alone 👑

-1). Faith of our fathers, living still
In spite of dungeon, fire and sword,
O how our hearts beat high with joy
Whene’er we hear that glorious word!
Faith of our fathers! holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death!

BRIDGE:
Faith of our fathers, living still
Faith of our fathers, living still
In spite of dungeon, fire and sword,
O how our hearts beat high with joy
Whene’er we hear that glorious word!
Faith of our fathers! holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death!

-2). Our fathers, chained in prisons dark,
Were still in heart and conscience free;
And blest would be their children’s fate,
If they, like them should die for thee:
Faith of our fathers! holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death!

-3). Faith of our fathers, we will strive
To win all nations unto thee;
And through the truth that comes from God
Mankind shall then indeed be free.
Faith of our fathers! holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death!

-4). Faith of our fathers, we will love
Both friend and foe in all our strife,
And preach thee, too, as love knows how
By kindly words and virtuous life.
Faith of our fathers! holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death!

".....And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword..

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect...." ‭Hebrews 11:36-40 KJV‬

MaxInDHouse:
After the death of the last Apostle John true Christianity went on exile spiritually and the AntiChrist disguised as an angel of light to promote lawlessness all in the name of Christ!

Proudlyngwa:

Christianity the most misunderstood religion

All I can say had Christ succeed in his mission, there would have been no need for Easter.

May all those who seek Solace find it in his Resurrection.