Simon (Simon Peter)
Peter was the leader of the 12 Apostles , he came
from the fishing village of Bethsaida, along the northern shore of the sea of Galley,
the bible often speaks about peter as loyal , firm and extremely loyal to Jesus. But
he was not perfect , when Jesus was arrested , he was afraid of his life , and
thus denied jesus 3 times . peter witnessed several miracles of Jesus . Peter
was crucified upside down during the time of Emperor Nero of Rome.
James, the son of Zebedee (james the Greater )
James was one of Jesus , main disciple’s , there are total of disciples called James .Once , james and his brother also a fellow disciple of Jesus, asks jesus , they should call fire from heaven , in the book of Mark , jame’s mother asked if he and his brother could site on either side of Jesus in heaven , james died as martyr under sword of King Herod. According to history , james was a missionary to Syria and was buried their, but is also said that he died in Jerusalem during the very early times of the Christian times The Jewish historian Josephus reported that he was stoned and then clubbed to death.
John , son of Zebedee
He was one the closest disciples, and the brother of
james the Greater , he was fisherman before he was called as a disciple of
Jesus . john is known for a few key events mentioned in the bible :when news broke out that Jesus tomb
was empty it was john and peter who ran there and went into the tomb, . He was the leader Ephesus .john was exile
to the island of patmos, where he wrote the book of Revelations . He died in
98Ad during old age
