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Based on Ellen White's writings, **the disciples were not killed during the events she describes in these documents**. Instead, the provided excerpts focus on the threats and persecution the disciples faced, and God's protection of them during the early church period. The documents reveal that after Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, the Jewish religious leaders—the priests, elders, and rulers—desperately wanted to kill the disciples. Ellen White wrote that "they would gladly have put Peter and John to death, but dared not, for fear of the people" (EW 193.1). The religious leaders "were now eager to imbrue their hands in the blood of his apostles" (7Red 26.2), having already been "guilty of the blood of Christ" (7Red 26.2). However, God intervened to protect His witnesses. When the council was ready to execute the apostles without proper trial, "God raised up a man of their own council to stay the violence of the priests and rulers" (7Red 26.2)—this was Gamaliel, who counseled: "Refrain from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught; but if it be of God ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God" (1SG 85.1). Ellen White explained that "an angel from God was sent to Gamaliel to move upon his heart to counsel the chief priest and rulers" (1SG 85.1). Jesus Himself had promised His disciples protection from certain dangers. Ellen White noted that at that time poisoning was often practicedand "many would think it doing God service to put His witnesses to death. He therefore promised them protection from this danger" (DA 821.3). The documents provided don't describe the actual deaths of the disciples, but rather focus on the early persecution they faced and God's miraculous preservation of them during the crucial period when the Christian church was being established. --- 💡 **You might also want to explore:** • What did Ellen White say about the martyrdom of Stephen and James? • How did the persecution of the early church actually help spread the gospel? • What counsel did Ellen White give about facing persecution for faith? --- 📚 **thousands of passages found** containing these search terms — [Explore in Full-Text Search](/advanced-search?q=Who+killed+the+disciples)