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Why did they?

Why did they?Peter – Crucified upside downAndrew – Crucified on an X-shaped crossJames – BeheadedJohn – Natural death. Plunged into boiling oil but didn’t die.Philip – Stoned to deathNathanael – Tied in a sack and tossed into the seaMatthew – Burned at the stakeThomas – SpearedJames – Stoned/Beaten to deathThaddeus – CrucifiedSimon - Crucified

Because of who He

was

Matthew 11:2-52 And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples 3 and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”

Matthew 11:2-54 Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: 5 The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Because of what He did

Romans 5:8,98 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

Because His tomb is empty

Romans 1:3,43 …concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, 4 and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

Why did they?

Because His tomb is empty

Because of who He was

Because of what He did

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.