12 Tribes 12 Apostles 12 Fates
The activities of the 12 Apostles after Acts is surrounded by legend and
speculation, so I have scoured several sources including Foxes Book of Martyrs
and a several Catholic sources and have used the ones that agree with each
other to determine where and how they met their end. Could these things give us
a clue to which Tribe of Israel they were sent to find and minister too?
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Simon Peter – Crucified upside
down in Rome
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Andrew – Said to have
ministered in Asia, Cappadocia, Galatia, Bithynia, Scythia and Byzantium. He
was crucified on an “X” shaped cross, some say, upside down in Rome under
Nero’s reign.
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James son of Zebedee – Was said to have
minister in Spain and Ethiopia. He was 1st to be martyred (Acts
12:2) by the sword, by beheading.
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John son of Zebedee – Exiled to Patmos
and was boiled alive, but miraculously he would not burn and was said to be the
only Apostle to die of natural causes in Ephesus.
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Phillip – Ministered in
Turkey and by the Black Sea and was imprisoned, scourged, skinned alive and
crucified upside down at Hierapolis Phrygia in 54 AD
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Bartholomew/Nathanial – Was said to have
ministered and was beaten and crucified in India, some say he was skinned
alive.
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Thomas – Ministered in
Persia, Parthia, India and Afghanistan and was tortured, speared and thrown in
an oven in Calamina India, others say he was martyred in Malta
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Matthew Levi – Is said to have
went to Ethipoia and minister to Candaces’ (Acts 8:27) people and was pinned to
the ground and beheaded in Nadaban (Naddayar) Ethiopia in 60 AD
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James son of Alpheus – It is said he
took a Nazarite vow and was killed by Jews.
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Judah/Thaddeus/Lebbaeus – and was said to
traveled and ministered often with Simon the Zealot and was crucified in 72 AD
in the ancient Mesopotamian city of Edessa.
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Simon the Zealot of
Canaan – Ministered all over North, East and West Africa as well as
Persia, Iberia and even Britain (Lincolnshire) where he was supposedly sawed in
half there. Some sources say he was crucified and buried in Africa.
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Matthias – It is said he
ministered in Ethiopia by the Sea of Hyssus (Black Sea) by the River Phasis
(Near Turkey) and was stoned and beheaded in Jerusalem.
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Saul/Paul – The Apostle to
the Gentiles, the 70 nations, the assimilated 10 Lost Tribes. His missionary
journey is well documented in the book of Acts and was beheaded in 66 AD under
Nero’s reign. A supposed lost chapter of Acts has him in Britain ministering to
Druids who claim to be one of the Lost Tribes of Israel.
All Apostles besides John the Revelator (son of Zebedee) is recorded to
have died as a martyr. Although legend has it martyrdom was attempted on his
life; being boiled alive, but miraculously despite the oil boiling around him
this flesh would not burn so they exiled him to the Isle of Patmos where he
received his revelation.
Let us try and piece together the legend of these Apostles ministry and
their deaths and see if the Tribes they were supposedly assigned to line up
according to British Israelite and Black Hebrew scholars among other sources
including religious and secular.
·
Simon Peter – Judah (Indeed he was considered
the Apostle to the Jews and Paul the Apostle to the Gentiles) – It was clear he
reached out to Jews in Israel and in Rome.
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Andrew – Issachar – The tribe is said to
have finally settled in Switzerland and Finland and were likely in the areas
Andrews is said to have been in their migration to Switzerland and Finland.
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James son of Zebedee – Zebulun – There are legends that
state a portion of Zebulun did flee to Africa and possibly Spain along with Gad
and Judah.
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John son of Zebedee – Dan and Reuben – Dan and Reuben
was said to have finally settled in parts of Africa/Denmark/Europe and
France/Germany respectively and it is conceivable John did minister to Danites
and Reubenites.
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Phillip – Asher and Simeon – Phillip being
called a warrior was fit to minister to Simeon which was prophesied to be
scattered with his brother Levi due to their hastiness with the sword against
Shechem. Asher was said to have ended up in Northern Europe and various parts
of Africa. If this be correct it is not as stretch to think Phillip ran into
Asherites and Simeonites in the places where he is said to have ministered.
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Bartholomew/Nathanial – Naphtali and Gad – Naphtali and
Gad was said to have split and part of them ended up in West Africa and another
part of these two tribes went to Norway/Sweden and Germany/Sweden respectively.
We do not know all of Bartholomew/Nathanial’s ministerial travels and it is
conceivable that he ministered in other places than just India thus running
into those from Naphtali and Gad.
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Thomas – Benjamin and Ephraim – The
Pathans in and around the area of Pakistan, Afghanistan and India is said to
contain a portion of every tribe of Israel (most of which are Muslims today)
and this fits to where Thomas was said to have been ministering.
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Matthew Levi – Manasseh – many African tribes
are said to be sons of Manasseh, so it may be true Matthew did minister to
Africans who were descendants of Manasseh.
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James son of Alpheus – Ephraim and Benjamin – Little is
known where this James traveled and ministered, but seeing as Benjamin was scattered
among the Jews and James supposedly died at the hands of the Jews, it is
probable James did minister to Benjamites. Not knowing much of his travels we
can only speculate where he may have gone in order to minister to Ephraim.
·
Judas(Judah)/Thaddeus/Lebbaeus – Gad and Dan – A portion of both
Gad and Dan ended in up in African countries, especially in the West and if he
did travel with Simon the Zealot of Canaan, it is highly probable that this
Apostle did minister to Danites and Gadites.
·
Simon the Zealot of
Canaan – Simeon and Asher
– Again, Simeon being scattered everywhere and legends about of Asherites
making it to various parts of Africa Simon probably did minister unto the
tribes of Simeon and Asher. If Simon was a Black Hebrew, it would make sense
that Yeshua would send him to people that closely resembled his appearance.
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Matthias – Reuben and Naphtali – It is not
clear whether portions of Reuben made it to Africa, but there are African
tribes who claim to be descended from Naphtali, so Matthias likely did minister
to Naphtalites. Reuben was said rather to have settled in France and Germany by
way of the Black Sea and Naphtali to Norway by way of the Black Sea.
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Saul/Paul – Gentiles 70 Nations Assimilated 12 Tribes
– True, Paul traveled where many Gentiles lived as well as were Jews and
Hebrews of the Lost 10 Tribes lived in the Diaspora.
We have to keep in mind that the Apostles caught these tribes in sort of
a mid-migratory state, and were on their way to be where they are today. True,
much of this evidence is speculator and circumstantial, but we know that all
legends, like a pearl are based on a grain of truth. Perhaps in the future we
may be able to regain documentation confiscated and locked away by the Roman
Catholic Church or confirm and or debunk information found in Apocryphal and Psuedopigraphal
literature. But the information we do
have at hand seems to indicate that the 12 Apostles were sent to and did
minister unto all the 12 tribes of Israel.
