Do u know how the Apostles Died?

Chanced upon this post on multiply. Ashamed to say i can't even recall by heart the names of the 12 apostles, let alone know the exact details of how they died. And i tot all died tragically except John, but i didnt know John suffered near death even. Touched by their faith, im ashamed of wat i have done or said that hurt anyone. It's indeed not easy to follow Christ. And yeps, all the disasters (earthquakes, cyclones, diseases etc) u see happening are signs of the nearing of the end of the world. U can actually read wat happens in the Book of Revelations and the Horrors that are bound to happen in the Bible. Cowardly to say this, but i hope im dead before the end comes.

Do you know how the apostles died?

    MatthewSuffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, killed by a sword wound.PREFIX = O /

   MarkDied 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.

      JohnFaced martyrdom when he was boiled in huge basin of boiling oil

      during a wave of persecution in Rome . However, he was

      miraculously delivered from death. John 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.

      Peterwas 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, Just 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 fuller's

      club. * This was the same pinnacle where Satan had taken Jesus during

      the Temptation.

      James theGreat , son of Zebedee, was a fisherman by trade when Jesus

      called him to a lifetime of ministry. As a strong leader

      of the church, James was ultimately beheaded at Jerusalem . The Roman

      officer who guarded James watched amazed as James defended his faith

      at his trial. Later, the officer walked beside James to the place of

      execution. Overcome by conviction, he declared his new faith to the

      judge and knelt beside James to accept beheading as a Christian.

      Bartholomewalso known as Nathaniel Was a missionary to Asia .  He

      witnessed for our Lord in present day Turkey . Bartholomew was

      martyred for his preaching in Armenia where he was flayed to death by

      a whip.

      Andrewwas crucified on an x-shaped cross in Patras , Greece .  After

      being whipped severely by seven soldiers they tied his body to the

      cross with cords to prolong his agony. His followers reported that,

      when he was led toward the cross, Andrew saluted it in these words:

      "I have long desired and expected this happy hour. The cross has been

      consecrated by the body of Christ hanging on it." He continued to

      preach to his tormentors for two days until he expired.

      ThomasWas stabbed with a spear in India during one of his missionary

      trips to establish the church in the sub-continent.

      Jude,  Was killed with arrows when he refused to deny his faith in

      Christ.

      MatthiasThe apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot,

      was stoned and then beheaded.

      BarnabasOne of the group of seventy disciples, wrote the Epistle of

      Barnabas. He preached throughout Italy and Cyprus . Barnabas was

      stoned to death at Salonica.

      Was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at Rome

      in A.D. 67. Paul endured a lengthy imprisonment which

      allowed him to write his many epistles to the churches he had formed

      throughout the Roman Empire . These letters, which taught many of the

      foundational doctrines of Christianity, form a large portion of the

      New Testament.

      Perhaps this is a reminder to us that our sufferings here are indeed

      minor compared to the intense persecution and cold cruelty faced by

      the apostles disciples during their times for the sake of the Faith.

      And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake:

      But he that endureth to the end shall be saved.Mt 10:22