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Traditional dates of the deaths of the apostles

Traditional dates of the deaths of the apostles:-

Circa AD 44: James, son of Zebedee: Beheaded by sword in Jerusalem by Herod Agrippa.
Circa AD 60: Andrew, brother of Peter: Crucified on x-shaped cross in Patras, Greece.
Circa AD 62: James, son of Alphaeus (James the Less): Crucified in Ostakrine, Egypt.  
Circa AD 62: James the Just: Thrown from the Temple pinnacle, then stoned and clubbed to death.
Between AD 64 and AD 67, but before AD68: Paul beheaded by sword in Rome.
Between AD 64 and AD 68: but before AD69: Peter crucified upside-down in Rome.
Between AD 65 and AD 72: Matthew: Cause and place of death uncertain.  
Circa AD 65: Simon the Zealot. Cause and place of death uncertain.

By AD 70 when armies gathered around Jerusalem, Peter, James and Andrew were not alive anymore. They did not see the events Jesus had told them about in Luke 21:20-24. 

Circa AD 70: Jude (Thaddaeus): Clubbed or axed to death in Edessa, Syria.
Circa AD70: Bartholomew (Nathanael): Flayed alive and beheaded (the place of his death is uncertain)

Apostles who were still alive following AD 70: 

 Circa AD 72: Thomas (Didymus): Speared to death by soldiers in Mylapore, India.
 Between AD 80 & AD 90: Matthias (who replaced Judas): Stoned and beheaded in Jerusalem.
 Between AD 81 & 96 Philip: Crucified upside down at Hierapolis (modern-day Turkey).
 Between AD 98 & AD 100: John, son of Zebedee: The only apostle believed to have died naturally.