More Than A Carpenter

Who Would Die For a Lie?

I thought this was interesting as I read it =]

It's taken from the Book More than a Carpenter by Josh & Sean McDowell

Pg.89 "Our Knowledge of Christianity is based on testimony . ..
Pg. 90 Were the oral testimonies about Jesus trustworthy? ...
I can trust the apostles' testimony because eleven of those men died martyrs' deaths because they stood solid for two truths:
Christ's deity
& His Resurrection.

These men were tortured and flogged, and most finally suffered death by some of the cruelest methods then known:

1.Peter, originally called Simon, was crucified.
2.Andrew was crucified.
3.James, son of Zebedee, was killed by the sword.
4.John, son of Zebedee, died a natural death.
5.Philip was crucified.
6.Bartholomew was crucified.
7.Thomas was killed by a spear.
8.Matthew was killed by the sword.
9.James, son of Alphaeus, was crucified
10.Thaddaeus was killed by arrows.
11.Simon, the zealot, was crucified.

Read. Matt 10:2-4

He Continues

"The perspective I often hear is, "Well, these men died for a lie. Many people have done that. So what does it prove? . ..
...What was the case with the disciples? If the Resurrection had not happened, obviously the disciples would have known it. . . .
Therefore they not only would have died for a lie---Here's the catch--but they would have know it was a lie.
It would be hard to find a group of men anywhere in history who would die for a lie if they knew it was a lie.