Here forward, we will have little to no biblical direct connection to these faithful martyrs, except possibly this one!  Ignatius is believed to have been one of the little children Jesus blessed in M...  Read More

I could have started with John the Baptist but will instead end the 1st century martyrs with him.  He actually was considered the last of the prophets, not from the church age, in which Im setting out...  Read More

John, the disciple whom Jesus loved! He is the only disciple of the twelve who died of natural causes.  The Romans actually did try to kill John by boiling him in hot oil.  No doubt he was marred and ...  Read More

Simon the Zealot may have been the most sketchy of men before following Jesus.  He is believed to have been wanted, that's interesting. He and Judas Iscariot, were zealous Jews. Not a good natural fit...  Read More

Luke was not one of Jesus' 12 disciples, yet he was every much a disciple as any.  He would be spoken of in Acts as well as the epistles.  He joined Paul on his missionary journey.  Not only was Luke ...  Read More

Thomas was one of the twelve disciples chosen by Jesus.  He was from the Galilee. He is believed to have taken the gospel of Christ to India and martyred there around 72 AD by death of a spear.Thomas ...  Read More

Over human history, there are numerous skeptics of God.  Bartholomew was one of them before Jesus' love broke him.  Philip brought him to Jesus out of much reluctance.  I've witnessed many like Bartho...  Read More

One of two Judas' Jesus chose as a disciple of His, the other Judas Iscariot.  A third was the half brother of Jesus, we know his letter as Jude. The gospel writers all felt it necessary to distinguis...  Read More

Nobody has been more in the spotlight of Christianity as Paul other than Jesus.  Paul would have been familiar with Jesus during His life on earth but with the angle of an enemy.  He would be converte...  Read More

One of the most famous disciples of Christ, Simon Peter.  He was a brother to Andrew.  Peter was from Capernaum, north of the Sea of Galilee.  He was born into a family of fishermen, in which he was s...  Read More

John Mark was not one of Jesus' disciples.  He is believed to be a convert of Peter, who also gave Mark the gospel account to record.  He was a young man who grew up with Christians coming to his moth...  Read More

Andrew, Simon Peters brother, was originally one of John the baptists disciple.  He would be one of the few present who saw Jesus the Messiah for the 1st time coming to be baptized by John.  He heard ...  Read More