10 Bible Verses about Martyrdom, Methods Of

And he sent [orders] [and] had John beheaded in the prison,

But [when] Herod heard [it], he said, "John whom I beheaded--this one has been raised!"

And Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he was wanting to see him.

And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And [I saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ [for] a thousand years.

{And whoever} {does not fall down} and worship shall be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire.

And if I parcel out all my possessions, and if I hand over my body in order that I will be burned, but do not have love, it benefits [me] nothing.

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they died by murder with a sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, impoverished, afflicted, mistreated,

And [after they] had driven [him] out of the city, they began to stone [him], and the witnesses laid aside their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

So he executed James the brother of John with a sword.

Women received back their dead by resurrection. But others were tortured, not accepting release, in order that they might gain a better resurrection.