Matthew suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, killed by a sword wound. John faced martyrdom when he was boiled in a huge basin of boiling oil during a wave of persecution in Rome. However, he was miraculously delivered from death. John was then sentenced to the mines on the prison island of Patmos.
Yakobo, nduguye Yesu (si mtume halisi), alikuwa kiongozi wa Kanisa huko Yerusalemu. Alitubwa kutoka mnara wa juu sana wa Kusini-Mashariki wa Hekalu (takribani futi mia moja kwenda chini) wakati alikataa kumkana Babaye katika Kristo.