十二使徒是如何殉道的?每位使徒的生平、相关记载及其殉道顺序



  • 新约圣经告诉我们十二使徒中只有两人是如何去世的:加略人犹大上吊自杀(马太福音 27:5),西庇太的儿子雅各于公元 44 年被刀杀(使徒行传 12:2)。
  • 彼得在尼禄统治下于罗马被钉十字架,我们最早是在二世纪末写成的《彼得行传》中读到他头朝下殉道的记载。
  • 正如特土良和优西比乌所记载的那样,保罗在罗马被斩首。
  • 根据传统,约翰是唯一一位寿终正寝的使徒,他在图拉真皇帝统治时期(公元98年起)于以弗所去世,因此他是十二使徒中最后一位离世的。
  • 对于其他使徒,我们有后来可靠性参差不齐的传统记载,二世纪的赫拉克利昂曾说马太、腓力和多马并非殉道。
  • 从圣殿坠落和被漂洗工的棍棒打死的故事属于主的兄弟公义者雅各,他于公元62年被杀,而非亚勒腓的儿子雅各。

Of the Twelve, the New Testament tells us how only two died. Judas Iscariot hanged himself, and Herod Agrippa I had James son of Zebedee killed with the sword in AD 44. For the rest we depend on early tradition, which says that Peter was crucified in Rome under Nero, that most of the others died as martyrs, and that John lived to old age at Ephesus. Every one of these men had run away once. On the night Jesus…

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