Many of the apostles were willing to die as martyrs for their faith. What were the real reasons why, as French philosopher Pascal once remarked, they were “witnesses who are willing to get their throats cut”?

They went from quivering cowards to world-changing powerhouses immediately after seeing the resurrected Christ. Men will die for what they know to be true, but no man will die for he knows to be false.

These men had seen the resurrected Jesus first hand. They were willing to die for what they knew was real. They also had the Holy Spirit within them.

They became empowered by the Holy Spirit after Jesus ascension.