As I was preparing for the sermon on Sunday, I came across this list that actually shares how each disciple of Jesus died. Oh to be a quarter of a man like them. How trivial my life is compared to these brave men. Read these and may your heart be stirred with affection for Jesus:

•Peter, crucified upside-down in Rome circa 64 A.D.
•James, son of Zebedee was beheaded in 44 A.D., first of the twelve to die
•John, son of Zebedee, natural causes due to old age, last of the twelve to die, only one of the twelve to die naturally (as mentioned by Christ at the end of his (John) Gospel.)
•Andrew, Peter’s brother, was crucified upon a diagonal cross.
•Philip was crucified in 54 A.D.
•Bartholomew (also known as Nathaniel) was flayed alive (skinned) and then beheaded.
•Matthew killed by a halberd (large axe) in 60 A.D.
•Thomas was killed by a spear in Mylapore, Madras, India in AD 72.
•James, son of Alphaeus, beaten to death with a club after being crucified and stoned.
•Saint Jude was crucified.
•Simon the Zealot was crucified in 74 A.D.
•Matthias, Judas’ replacement, was stoned and beheaded.