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Evidence of Jesus ·
Scripture does not record Matthew’s death, and later Christian traditions vary. Some traditions remember Matthew as a martyr. Others preserve different locations, softer death language, or conflicting details about how…
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Evidence of Jesus ·
Paul is traditionally remembered as having been martyred in Rome under Nero, often described as beheaded. The Bible does not narrate Paul’s death scene,…
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Evidence of Jesus ·
How did Stephen die? Stephen died by stoning after bearing witness before the council in Jerusalem. According to Acts 7:54–60, he saw Jesus standing…
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Evidence of Jesus ·
James, the brother of Jesus, was killed in Jerusalem around A.D. 62 according to Josephus, our strongest external source for his death. Josephus says…
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The New Testament calls James “the Lord’s brother.” That sounds simple until the next question appears: if James was Jesus’ brother, did Mary have other children? For some Christians, the answer seems…
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Evidence of Jesus ·
Saint Bartholomew is famously remembered as the apostle who was flayed alive for Christ. That image is horrifying. It has followed Bartholomew through centuries of Christian memory, sacred art, martyrdom tradition, and…
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Evidence of Jesus ·
Saint Philip’s martyrdom should not be understood first as a death scene. It should be understood as the later memory of an apostolic witness whose life pointed others to Jesus. Philip was…
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Evidence of Jesus ·
Saint Thomas’s martyrdom is one of the most famous apostolic death traditions, but Thomas’s story does not begin with a spear in India. It begins with a disciple who met the risen…
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