The Bible tells how only two of the twelve apostles died. Acts says that Herod “killed James the brother of John with the sword” (Acts 12:2), and Matthew and Acts both tell how Judas Iscariot died. Jesus foretells Peter’s death (John 21:18–19). Everything else we know about how the apostles died comes from later tradition. James and John were brothers, and they once asked Jesus for the places at his right and left in his glory. He gave them a…

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