10 Bible Verses about Martyrdom, Methods Of

So he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

But when Herod heard this, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised!"

Herod said, "I had John beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?" So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus.

Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

And whoever does not bow down and pay homage must be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.

If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

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

He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword.

and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.