How did the 12 apostles die? a bible study

They were killed because they proclaimed to have seen Christ die and then to have seen Him alive.

I was recently reading up on the apostles on a popular Christian website when I happened to stumble upon a list of how each apostle supposedly passed away. In my mind I knew several of them had been killed pretty brutally, but I was still shocked by some of the details. Also, many details about apostolic deaths are not included in the Bible narrative or even on ChurchofJesusChrist.

Many come from tangential historical, apocryphal or non-Latter-day Saint sources.

Therefore, we must depend upon historical information for the other apostles in order to answer the question, “How did the twelve apostles die?” The following chart provides a list of the .

Fair warning. After multiple trials in Rome, he was crucified. But, feeling unworthy to be crucified in the same manner as his Savior, Peter requested to be crucified upside down , on an inverted cross, which he was. Aegeates tried to convince Andrew to forsake Christianity, so that he would not have to torture and execute him. Andrew was scourged, and then tied rather than nailed to a cross, so that he would suffer for a longer time before dying.

Andrew lived for two days, during which he preached to passersby. However, according to Latter-day Saint belief, we rely on Doctrine and Covenants section seven :. And the Lord said unto me: John , my beloved, what desirest thou? For if you shall ask what you will, it shall be granted unto you. And I said unto him: Lord, give unto me power over death , that I may live and bring souls unto thee.

And the Lord said unto me: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, because thou desirest this thou shalt tarry until I come in my glory , and shalt prophesy before nations, kindreds, tongues and people. We actually do have some biblical scripture to back this one up, from Acts chapter 12, :.