The Myth of Persecution

The apostles were Jews who were called Christians just as other Jews were called Essenes. Paul says he was persecuted and he almost died at the hands of persecutors through things like stoning. But can we show the apostles were martyred that they accepted the risk of death instead of rejecting their faith? The definitive treatment of this question is found in Sean McDowell's book, The Fate of the Twelve Apostles.