Page 25 - The Promise of Persecution

 James the Less was thrown from a

pinnacle or wing of the temple and then

beaten to death with a fuller’s club;

 Philip was hanged up against a pillar in

Hierapolis;

 Bartholomew was flayed alive at the

command of a barbarous king;

 Andrew was bound to a cross from

which he preached to the people until he

expired;

 Thomas was run through the body with

a lance in India;

 Jude was shot to death with arrows;

 Simon the Zealot was crucified in

Persia;

 Matthias was first stoned and then

beheaded;

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