After the council of Jerusalem, Paul and Barnabas had a difference of opinion and they parted ways.  From this point on, Timothy became Paul’s closest companion. His remarkable missionary journeys, which had already begun before the council of Jerusalem with visits to Cyprus and various places in modern Turkey, took him to cities in Syria and Greece as well as to Turkey again. Paul then returned to Jerusalem where he was arrested by the Roman authorities on account of the religious disturbances he was causing. As a result, he appealed to the emperor, following his rights as a Roman citizen, and he was taken in captivity to Rome.  Peter and John were also arrested for the same reason that they were causing disturbances in Jerusalem.  Based on 1 Peter 5:13, in which St. Peter uses a code word “Babylon” for Rome, we believe that Peter was in Rome around the same time St. Paul was under arrest in Rome.  St. John the Evangelist was exiled to the island of Patmos which is in present day Turkey.

From the scriptures we know that Judas Iscariot committed suicide.  James, son of Zebedee and brother of John was martyred around A.D 44 in Jerusalem.  After his death his body was transferred to Spain and is currently located in Santiago de Compostela. His tomb is the destination point of the centuries-old pilgrimage, El Camino, still popular today.  Andrew is linked mainly to Scotland.  He is also linked to Greece and Asia Minor.  Phillip evangelized the Greek speaking communities.  He was martyred around A.D 80.  Judas Thaddeus ministered to Armenia.  Peter’s brother Andrew was martyred at Patras in Greece.