Bible History Class
Scripture, tradition, and the evidence — studied honestly
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What Happened to the Twelve Apostles? Matthias, the Empty Seat and the Evidence
The man chosen by lot to replace Judas, and never mentioned again. Was the choice a mistake? And the series finale: an honest scorecard of what became of the Twelve.
Chapters, sources and every claim checked →Every claim, labelled
History about the Bible mixes very different kinds of evidence. We keep them apart. Every claim in our videos is tagged on screen:
- Scripture What the Bible itself says
- Tradition What early church writers remembered (roughly within 400 years)
- Scholarship What historians and archaeologists think today
- Legend Later or apocryphal stories
- Later tradition First recorded after ~400, but still kept by a church today
- Speculation Reasonable guesses with no real evidence
Series 1: The Twelve
Who were the apostles, where did they go, and how did they die? One episode per apostle, sorting Scripture from tradition and legend.
Doubting Thomas Went to India? The Apostle Called “Twin”
Was Nathanael Really Bartholomew? The Apostle With Half a Name
Thaddaeus, Judas or Lebbaeus? The Apostle With Three Names
James the Great, James the Less… and the Brother of Jesus? The Three Jameses
Was Simon the Zealot a Revolutionary? The Apostle With a Dangerous Nickname
How Did Peter Die? The Evidence Under the Vatican
Why Is Saint Andrew on Scotland's Flag? The First Called and the X-Shaped Cross
Who Was the Beloved Disciple? John, Patmos and the Two Johns
One Philip, or Two? The Apostle, the Evangelist and the Tomb at Hierapolis
Matthew the Tax Collector: Was He Levi, and Did He Write the Gospel?
How Did Judas Die? The Two Accounts in the Bible, Side by Side
What Happened to the Twelve Apostles? Matthias, the Empty Seat and the EvidenceComing up: Paul: not one of the Twelve · The Book of Judges · Othniel · Ehud and Shamgar