One Sent<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone who is sent,\u201d often \u201ca messenger.\u201d In the New Testament the word refers particularly to twelve men whom Jesus selected to be with him and whom he sent out to preach and to cast out demons (Mark 3:14\u201315). Other individuals than the Twelve bore that title–for example, Paul and Barnabas (Acts 14:14). Apostles were important figures in the early church (1 Cor. 12:28). They were appointed by Christ, not by men (Gal. 1:1), and they gave authoritative witness to what God had done in Christ (Acts 1:22).<\/p>\n
The Shaw Pocket Bible Handbook, Walter A. Elwell, Editor, (Harold Shaw Publ., Wheaton , IL; 1984), p. 346<\/p>\n
Death of the Apostles<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Matthew suffered martyrdom by being slain with a sword at a distant city of Ethiopia. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Mark expired at Alexandria, after being cruelly dragged through the streets of that city. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Luke was hanged upon an olive tree in the classic land of Greece. <\/p>\n
\u2022 John was put in a caldron of boiling oil, but escaped death in a miraculous manner, and was afterward banished to Patmos. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Peter was crucified at Rome with his head downward. <\/p>\n
\u2022 James, the Greater, was beheaded at Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
\u2022 James, the Less, was thrown from a lofty pinnacle of the temple, and then beaten to death with a fuller\u2019s club. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Bartholomew was flayed alive. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Andrew was bound to a cross, whence he preached to his persecutors until he died. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Thomas was run through the body with a lance at Coromandel in the East Indies. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Jude was shot to death with arrows. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Matthais was first stoned and then beheaded. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Barnabas of the Gentiles was stoned to death at Salonica. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Paul, after various tortures and persecutions, was at length beheaded at Rome by the Emperor Nero.<\/p>\n
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