THE FATE OF THE APOSTLES
Tho following brief history of the fate of tbe Apoat'eß may be new to those whose readings may \\&vs not been 6vangelloal ; S(; Matthew fa suppose J to have suffered tnaityrdom, or waa slain with a sword at the oity of Ethiopia, In Egypt.
St Luke waa banged upon an olive tree a G-eeoe.
St J >hn was pot m a cauldron of boiling ol! at Rome, and escaped death . Ha afterwards died a natural death at Ephesua, In A. la.
St James the Great was beheaded at Jerusalem.
St James the Less was thrown from a pinnae'e or wing of the temple and then bes-ten to death with a fuller's club
S Philip was hanged up against a pillar at Hiarapolls, a cl y of Phrygla.
St Birthlomew was fhyed Bllve by the commandof a barbarous king.
St Andrew was bound to a oross, whence he preached unto tbe people until he expired.
St Thomas was run through the body with a lance, at Coromandel, In the E*st Indies
St Jade was shot to death with arrows. St Simern Z.alot was oruoifi-d In Para'a.
St Matthias was first stone 1 and then beheaded.
St Barnabas was stoned to dia v .h by the Jews at Salania. St Paul was beheaded at Rome by the ty ant N#rn
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1751, 27 January 1888, Page 3
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223THE FATE OF THE APOSTLES Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1751, 27 January 1888, Page 3
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