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Not much is known about the life of Saint Bartholomew. He is mentioned by name four times in the New Testament, once in each of the synoptic gospels Matthew ; Mark ; Luke , and once in the Acts of the Apostles Acts All four mentions are in lists of Christ's apostles. For that reason, Bartholomew is usually identified with Nathaniel, whom Saint John mentions in his gospel John ; , but who is not mentioned in the synoptic gospels.

The identification of the Bartholomew of the synoptic gospels and Acts with the Nathaniel of the Gospel of John is strengthened by the fact that Nathaniel was brought to Christ by the apostle Philip John , and in the lists of the apostles in the synoptic gospels, Bartholomew is always placed next to Philip.

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If this identification is correct, then it was Bartholomew who uttered the famous line concerning Christ: "Can anything of good come from Nazareth? That remark evoked the response from Christ, upon first meeting Bartholomew: "Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile" John Bartholomew became a follower of Jesus because Christ told him the circumstances under which Philip called him "under the fig tree," John Christ told Bartholomew that he would see greater things: "Amen, amen I say to you, you shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

Like all of the apostles, with the singular exception of Saint John , he met his death by martyrdom. According to tradition, Bartholomew converted the king of Armenia by casting out a demon from the chief idol in the temple and then destroying all of the idols.