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According to historical records, Peter died in Rome in AD 64 and he died under the reign of Emperor Nero. By the time Peter died in AD 64 many of the other apostles, possibly all of them,...
How did the apostle Peter die? Answer. The Bible doesn’t tell us how the apostle Peter died. The most commonly accepted church tradition is that Peter was crucified upside-down in Rome. Tradition says that, when Peter was put to death, he requested to be crucified on an inverted cross.
Peter of Alexandria (d. 311), who was bishop of Alexandria and died around AD 311, wrote an epistle on Penance, in which he says: "Peter, the first of the apostles, having been often apprehended and thrown into prison, and treated with ignominy, was last of all crucified at Rome."
Jesus, shortly after his resurrection, told the apostle he would die as a martyr. Peter acknowledged this prophecy in the last epistle he wrote sometime between 65 and 66 A.D.
Peter’s Glorious Ending. In the days leading up to Peter’s death, almost all of the apostles had been martyred. Did Jesus actually predict Peter’s death by crucifixion when He said that “when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and take you where you do not want to go” (John 21:18-19)?
The Book of Acts ends with Paul in Rome alive and preaching unfettered (Acts 28:30–31). In fact, neither Paul nor any of the 12 Apostles' deaths (after Judas) are recorded in the New Testament! Yet, when people describe the deaths of Peter and Paul, we typically hear a couple of stories:
In the heart of ancient Rome, under the tyrannical reign of Emperor Nero, the Apostle Peter is said to have met a gruesome death. The fisherman from Galilee, who once walked beside Jesus, found himself crucified upside down, a final act of humility and devotion.