What death did each disciple of Jesus die?

Answer 1

I cannot remember all the specifics, but all of them were put to violent death except John, who died naturally of old age. The famous ones are that James was killed with a sword, Peter was crucified upside down, Judas hung himself, Matthew was put to death by the sword in Ethiopia, Andrew was crucified on an X-shaped cross, Barthholomew was martyered for preaching in Armenia, James (brother of Jesus so said) was thrown over a hundred feet pinacle off the temple. Paul, who was kind of the "13th apostle," was beheaded by Nero in Rome.

Answer 2

Peter died crucified upside-down; John live to a good old age; Matthew was martyred in Ethiopia; James, the brother of Jon was beheaded by Herod Aggripa; Mark was grotesquely dragged through the streets and torn by the people of Alexandria; Bartholomew was crucified in India; Thomas was thrust through by a spear; Phillip was thrown into prison and later crucified; James the son of Alphaeus was stoned and beaten to death by a mob; and Luke was hanged in Greece.

Answer 3

A:Apart from James and perhaps Judas, we do not know when or even how any of the apostles died. Even the two accounts of the death of Judas, in Matthew and Acts, are sufficiently different (and sufficiently parallel Old Testament stories) to cast doubt on their historicity.

During the second century, various imaginative traditions arose to tell of the generally gruesome deaths suffered by each of the disciples. The most popular of these is the story of Peter crucified upside down in Rome. Yet Clement of Rome, writing around 95 CE (1 Clement), spoke in general terms about the life and death of Peter but appears to have been unaware that he had even visited Rome and was certainly unaware that he had been executed in any way at all. In fact, there is no good reason to believe any of the late Christian traditions of the deaths of the twelve disciples. We do not know whether any of them were really killed for their faith.

Answer 4

The death of Judas Iscariot, one of the original disciples, is recorded twice in the New Testament, but the circumstances portrayed in the two accounts are so different that most scholars dismiss them as not historically true. Acts 12:2 tells us that James, brother of John, was killed on the orders of Herod Agrippa. We have no information, reliable or otherwise, as to the fates of any of the other disciples.

In the second century, stories of the disciples became common throughout the Mediterranean region, with each important city claiming that one or other of the apostles had preached and died there, often in the most gruesome circumstances. The most famous of these traditions is that Peter went to Rome, where he was crucified upside down because he did not wish to die in the same way as Jesus had. Another tradition has his brother, Andrew, independently of Peter, ask not to die in the same way as Jesus had, and he was crucified on an X-shaped cross. There is no evidence that any of these traditions is based on fact.

The one exception to the traditions of the disciples dying at the hands of pagan enemies was the apostle John. He was allowed to die of old age so that the Book of Revelation, clearly written after the apostolic era, could be attributed to him.

Answer 5

All of Jesus's Disciples were martyred except John who died a natural Death. Martyred means killed for their faith.

Answer 6

Many died as martyrs and Peter died on the cross hanging upside down, as he said he was not worthy to de like christ on the cross hedied in Rome.

Answer 7

Judas committed suicide but the over 11 disciples were killed by various people that wanted the Christian movement stopped.

Answer 8

All of them died eventually.