In history and tradition (continued)

Bartholomew’s death

Returned to Armenia after Philip’s death (Derbent)

Healed king’s daughter, declaring their idol to be false

King and daughter converted, idol’s priests infuriated

Priests seized Bartholomew

Flayed alive

Beheaded

Remains moved three times before arriving in Rome

Thomas (Didymas)

Didymas means twin

Taught in Syria, then went on to Kochi, India

Jewish synagogue there was receptive

Refugees of the destruction of Jerusalem and Judea

Numbered in tens of thousands

Murdered during sermon – stoned then pierced with a lance

House and tomb found by Portuguese in 15th century

Mylapore, on southeast coast of subcontinent

Destroyed the churches there, seeing them as heretical

Remains taken in 17th century to Goa, Meliapore, Ortona, and Rome

Matthew

Tax collector from Capernaum – Matthew 9:9; Mark 2:13-14; Luke 5:27-28

Peter, James, and John might have been on the paying end at some time

Stayed in Jerusalem for 15 years

Went to Ethiopia, Macedonia, Syria, and Persia

Authored an account of the gospel

Said to have been originally in Hebrew

Later translated into Green and Aramaic

Relied heavily on Old Testament scriptures in his preaching

Death probably by sword or spear because of offending the Sanhedrin

James son of Alpheus

Remained in Jerusalem as an elder in the church

Stoned to death at age 90

Location of remains in dispute

Dispute over who is who

Resultant confusion in tracking “relics”

Jude (Thaddeus)

Preached in Syria, Arabia, Armenia, and Persia

Remained in Edessa (Sanliurfa, Turkey) for eight years

Spent several years in Derbent

Crossed paths with Thomas, Bartholomew, Simon, and Matthias

Reputed to have been an elder at Edessa

Martyred in Edessa at 65 AD

Armenian kingdom divided in two

New king in Edessa ordered Jude and princess executed

Entombed at Kara Kelesia (Iran)

Remains removed ahead of Genghis Khan’s invasion

Now scattered from Italy to Spain

Simon the Zealot

Preached in Egypt

Continued to Carthage and Mauritania

Went on to Spain

Joined with Joseph of Arimathea to England

Left southern England ahead of Boudica’s conquest

Joined with Jude in Armenia and Persia

Sawed in half in Derbent about same time as Jude’s death

Remains in Italy, Spain, France, and Germany

Matthias

Said to have been one of the seventy

Preached in Judea, Cappadocia, and Colchis

One of the five apostles evangelizing Armenia

Executed in Sebastopol in 51 AD

Remains are said to be in Trier, Germany