With Good Friday upon us, it is time to reflect on one of the proofs of the resurrection. The dedication of those who witnessed it.
Many say Jesus never died and rose again from the dead at Easter. But one of the proofs is how the disciples died. If you knew something was a lie would you die like these men?
Matthew – Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, killed by a sword wound.
Mark Died in Alexandria, Egypt, after being dragged by horses through the streets until he was dead.
Luke was hanged in Greece as a result of his tremendous preaching to the lost.
John Faced martyrdom when he was boiled in a huge basin of boiling oil during a wave of persecution in Rome. However, he was miraculously delivered from death. He was then sentenced to the mines on the prison Island of Patmos. He wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation on Patmos. The apostle John was later freed and returned to serve as Bishop of Edessa in modern Turkey. He died as an old man, the only apostle to die peacefully
Peter was crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross. According to church tradition, it was because he told his tormentors that he felt unworthy to die In the same way that Jesus Christ had died.
James the leader of the church in Jerusalem, was thrown over a hundred feet down from the southeast pinnacle of the Temple when he refused to deny his faith in Christ. When they discovered that he survived the fall, his enemies beat James to death with a club.
We’ll looked at more of the dedication of those who witnesses Christ’s resurrection tomorrow.