Dear Treasured Readers, This edition of this book has been replaced by a new and updated third edition. Because of Kindle's publishing rules, I've had to slightly change the title to The Twelve Apostles of Jesus: God's Chosen Messengers. Although basically the same format as the previous edition, this new edition contains many expanded chapters full of new information from my continuing research that I have discovered about these great men of God. There are many new sidebars, about 20 new illustrations, and a professionally designed cover. Thank you, Dr. Richard Orzeck The Apostles of Jesus were twelve ordinary Jewish men who literally walked upon the face of the earth with the Son of God. And in doing so, they changed the course of human history. And we know almost nothing about them . . . Until now! The author's name is Richard Orzeck, and he is a practicing veterinarian living in upstate New York. For the last seven years, he has visited sixteen countries on three continents, researching, photographing, and learning all that is humanly possible to know about these twelve men. Using scholarly sources, modern translations of the ancient texts, and the often-ignored concept of local tradition, the author follows the lives of each of the Twelve Apostles. He begins with their calling by the Lord, then documents the most likely geographical locations of their evangelical missions, and finally shares with his readers the locations of their deaths by martyrdom. Also, as well as it can be known, the author goes one step further and tells the reader the fascinating stories of the far-flung postmortem journeys of each apostle's earthly remains and informs us of where their tombs can be visited today.