Which apostles were crucified?

Answer 1

We know little about the fate of the apostles apart from James, who was stoned. Even the traitor, Judas, either met an end by suicide or misadventure.

A Christian tradition of the third century holds that Peter was crucified upside down, by the first mention of the execution of Peter, by the mid-second-century Pope Anicetus (156-166), calimed that Peter was beheaded. Clement of Rome, regarded in Catholic tradition as a successor to Peter, wrote (c 95 CE) of Peter's death in general terms, but says nothing about Peter having been crucified, although he could be expected to have if this tradition already existed in his time.

Another Christian tradition was that Andrew was crucified, on an X-shaped cross, again because he felt unworthy of being crucified in the same way as Jesus had been. And again, there is nothing to verify this fanciful legend.

We have no actual evidence of any apostle having been crucified.

Answer 2

Christian tradition records that the Apostle Peter was crucified upside down upon a Roman cross. Being placed upside down because he was not worthy of dying the same death that Jesus had. How the 12 apostles died was not recorded in The Bible.

Answer #2 We do not know how any of the disciples died. Christian tradition holds that the brothers Peter and Andrew were both crucified, both refusing to be crucified in the same manner as Jesus (although choosing different but equally bizarre alternatives) and in both cases the Romans acceded most reasonably to their request. And in both cases, there is little likelihood of the tradition having any basis in fact.

Answer 3

A:Probably not. 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 Peter had even visited Rome and was certainly unaware that he had been executed in any way at all, although he surely would have if this were the case.

During the second century, Pope Anicetus, wishing to demonstrate that he spoke with the authority of Peter, reported that Peter had been beheaded in Rome. Then, a century later, Origen changed this to say that Peter was sentenced to crucifixion but, feeling unworthy of being crucified like Jesus, asked to be crucified upside down. This is pious midrash, and Clement's discussion of Peter points to no such history.

Answer 4

As far as is known, none of the twelve disciples was martyred. The only death documented outside the Bible is the stoning of James, brother of Jesus, reported by the Jewish historian, Josephus. A remarkably similar story is also told in Acts of the Apostles about the stoning of Stephen, although Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says that we can never verify the existence and martyrdom of Stephen.

A second-century tradition, attributed to Pope Anicetus (156-166), was that Peter was beheaded in Rome, while a later tradition was that Peter was crucified upside down in 64 CE. Acts of the Apostles mentions the imprisonment and miraculous release of Peter, but does not say anything about his subsequent death, even though the book was written around the end of the century, long after Peter would have died. Another tradition is that Paul was executed on the same day as Peter. Clement of Rome, who should have known of these events, in writing in general terms of the life and death of Peter (1 Clement, c. 95 CE) seems to have been unaware that Peter was ever in Rome or had been executed. Clement also appears to have believed that Paul eventually travelled to Spain.

Other Christian traditions gradually grew up over the centuries, attributing gory deaths to most of the apostles, proof of their faith which could only have come from a personal knowledge of Jesus. The only disciple that tradition allows to escape martyrdom and die at a very old age was John.

Answer 5

John the apostle saw Jesus crucified.