14 Bible Verses about Killing Disciples

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for adhering to God's word and to the testimony which they bore;

and that I stood and approved when the blood of your martyr Stephen was being shed, taking charge of the clothes of his murderers!'

I did so in Jerusalem. I shut up many of the saints in prison, armed with authority from the high priests; when they were put to death, I voted against them;

but the vinedressers took his servants and flogged one, killed another, and stoned a third.

He sent another, but they killed him. And so they treated many others; some they flogged and some they killed.

But they were each given a white robe, and told to remain quiet for a little longer, until their number was completed by their fellow-servants and their brothers who were to be killed like themselves.

They poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink! They deserve it!"

he sent and had John beheaded in the prison,

so the king at once sent one of the guard with orders to bring his head. The man went and beheaded him in the prison,

Herod said, "John I beheaded. But who is this, of whom I hear such tales?" And he made efforts to see him.

Putting him outside the city, they proceeded to stone him (the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a youth called Saul). So they stoned Stephen, who called on the Lord, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" Then he knelt down and cried aloud, "Lord, let not this sin stand against them!" With these words he slept the sleep of death.

I persecuted this Way of religion to the death, chaining and imprisoning both men and women,

James the brother of John he slew with the sword,

(he said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God); then he added, "Follow me."