Early Christian Martyrs

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John the Baptist

Beheaded by Herod Antipas at the request his wife Herodias and step-daughter Salome

Jesus

Died on a cross of Crucifixion

Stephen

Stoned  to death by pharisees.

James (son of Zebedee)

44  AD

Beheaded at Jerusalem

Philip

54  AD

Crucified in Heliopolis

Matthew

60 AD

Slain by a Halberd in Nadabah