What happened to the Disciples? PETER was martyred in Rome about 66 AD. Peter was crucified, upside down at his request, since he did not feel he was worthy to die in the same manner as his Lord. PAUL was martyred in Rome. He was beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero in Rome. ANDREW went to the land of the man-eaters, in what is now the Soviet Union. Christians there claim him as the first to bring the gospel to their land. He also preached in Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey, and in Greece, where he was also crucified. THOMAS(Doubting Thomas) was probably most active in the area east of Syria. Tradition has him preaching as far east as India(South India), where the ancient Marthoma Christians revere him as their founder. They claim that he died there when pierced through with the spears of four soldiers. PHILIP was in North Africa and then in Asia Minor, where he converted the wife of a Roman proconsul. In retaliation the proconsul had Philip arrested and cruelly put to death. MATTHEW ministered in Persia and Ethiopia. Some of the oldest reports say he was not martyred, while others say he was stabbed to death in Ethiopia. BARTHOLOMEW (Nathenial) went to Armenia, eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, and India. Other locations include Egypt, Arabia, Ethiopia and Persia (Iran). Traditionally he died by being flayed or skinned alive, and then beheaded. Derbent, North of present day Baku on the Caspian Sea may have been his place of martyrdom. JAMES (son of Alpheus) have ministered in Syria. The Jewish historian Josephus reported that he was stoned and then clubbed to death. SIMON (The Zealot) went to Persia and was killed after refusing to sacrifice to the sun god. MATTHIAS according to one view preached and been martyred in Ethiopia, The other view gives that he was in Judea, and later Turkey and the Caspian Sea area. JOHN preached in Jerusalem, and later, as bishop of Ephesus, south of Izmir in western Turkey, worked among the churches of Asia Minor. During the reigns of either Emperor Nero, he was banished to the nearby island of Patmos. He was subsequently freed and died a natural death at Ephesus. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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