Peter was martyred on a cross. Peter requested that he might be crucified head downward for he was not worthy to die as his Lord had died. His apostolic symbol is a cross upside down with crossed keys. James James, the Elder, Boanerges, son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of John the ...
According to church tradition, Peter was killed by Emperor Nero around 64 AD, after the Great Fire of Rome which he famously blamed Christians for starting. A second-century apocryphal text calledActs of Peterwas the first record claiming Peter was crucified upside down because he didn’t consid...
and intercession are all found in the Psalms. As we cross once again a threshold of history, I invite us all to pray, in whatever language best represents our faith, remembering that Jesus also entrusted his life and the world to God in prayer, and was led through death to resurrection....
4 apostles were crucified: Andrew, Bartholomew, Peter, and Philip (the last three upside down). 3 were killed in some other way: James the son of Alpheus was stoned, James the son of Zebedee was killed with a sword (presumably decapitated), and Thomas was killed by spear. ...
But the good news is that Book Three opens with one of the better supporting characters in the series: Michael Carpenter, a Knight of the Cross. The Knights are warriors entrusted with swords that draw their power from the nails of the Cross Jesus Christ was crucified on. They are stone ...
THE DOMINATING FIGURE of the growing Zionist movement of the late 1800s, was a Jew by the name of Asher Ginsberg, who adopted the pseudonym, “Achad Ha’am,” meaning “one of the people.” The son of a Jewish tax collector, Ginsberg was born in Kiev and later settled in Odessa, ...
He then preaches the Gospel, endures persecution, and leads entire households to Christ (Acts chapters 1-12). Even his martyrdom makes him known as one who died for the sake of Jesus. (In 64AD, Peter is crucified upside down because he felt unworthy to die the same way as Jesus.)...
If the Apostles were following someone that was not of God, they would have dwindled and definitely would not have been willing to be killed for Him. Peter was crucified upside down…I mean who would be willing to die that painfully for something that wasn’t true?