Murphysboro Centuries, 1st sacred

The first century was the time in which Jesus, the apostles and the evangelists lived. Jesus died, as best we can tell, on April 3, 33 AD, and Peter and Paul were both martyred in Rome in 64 AD. The last living apostle was John who lived until roughly 100, and he was reportedly the only apostle to die a natural death. All the rest were “martyred”, i.e., they died because of their witness to Jesus. [The picture is from the Shroud of Turin. The image on the Shroud has been used for some 1600-1700 years as the face of Jesus.]