How the Apostles died?

Peter – The Apostle with the Food-Shaped Mouth
He died as a martyr, was crucified. He pleaded to be crucified upside down because he was not worthy to die as his Lord had died. Thus, he was nailed to a cross head-downward.

Andrew – The Apostle of Small Things
He was crucified in Achaia, in Southern Greece, near Athens. Those who crucified him lashed him to his cross instead of nailing him, in order to prolong his suffering. He hung on the cross for 2 days.

James – The Apostle of Passion
Herod had him killed with a sword – beheaded. (Acts 12:1-3)
Herod wanted to use tensions between the church and Jewish religious leaders to his political advantage.

John – The Apostle of Love
He died in AD98. He was so frail in his final days at Ephesus that he had to be carried into the church.

Phillip – The Bean Counter
He was among the first of apostles to suffer martyrdom. He was put to death by stoning at Heliopolis, in Phrygia (Asia Minor), 8 years after the martyrdom of James

Nathaniel – The Guileless One
No reliable record of how he died. One tradition says he was tied up in a sack and cast into the sea. Another tradition says he was crucified. By all accounts, he was martyred like all the apostles except John

Matthew – The Tax Collector
No reliable record of how he was put to death. But earliest traditions indicate he was burned at the stake. He walked away from a lucrative career without ever giving it a second thought remained willing to give his all for Christ to the very end.

Thomas – The Twin
Strongest traditions say he was martyred for his faith by being run through the spear - a fitting form of martyrdom for one whose faith came of age when he saw the spear mark in his Master’s side for one who longed to be reunited with his Lord.

James, son of Alphaeus – The Less
Some say he was stoned; others say he was beaten to death. Still others say he was crucified like his Lord.

Simon – The Zealot
No reliable record of what happened to him, but all accounts say he was killed for preaching the Gospel. He was once willing to kill and be killed for a political agenda within the confines of Judea, found a more fruitful cause for which to give his life in the proclamation of salvation – for sinners out of every nation, tongue and tribe.

Judas (Not Iscariot) – The Apostle with 3 Names
Tradition says he was clubbed to death for his faith

Judas Iscariot – The Traitor
After betraying Jesus, his conscience immediately came alive. Judas saw that He had been condemned, hw was remorseful and brought back the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests, saying, “I have sinned be betraying innocent blood.”
His remorse was not the same as repentance. He was sorry, not because he had sinned against Christ, but because his sin did not satisfy him the way he had hoped. He departed and hung himself (Matt 27:5) His conscience would not be silenced, and that’s the very essence of hell. Sin brings guild, and Judas’s sin brought him misery. His remorse was not genuine repentance. If that were the case, he would not have killed himself. He was merely sorry because he did not like what he felt.