18 Bible Verses about Martyrdom Of The Saints
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Brother will betray brother to death, the father will betray his child, children will rise against their parents and put them to death,
Then men will hand you over to suffer affliction, and they will kill you; you will be hated by all the Gentiles on account of my name.
They will excommunicate you; indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will imagine he is performing a service to God.
Have no fear of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul: rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
Have no fear of what you are to suffer. The devil indeed is going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested; you will have a distressful ten days. Be faithful, though you have to die for it, and I will give you the crown of Life.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me; for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Then Paul replied, "What do you mean by weeping and disheartening me? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
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.
Then I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and as I looked at her I marvelled greatly.
And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, of all who were slain upon earth."
it was that the blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world might be charged upon this generation, from the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah who was slain between the altar and the House of God ??yes, I tell you, it will all be charged upon this generation.
O heaven, rejoice over her! Saints, apostles, prophets, rejoice! For God has avenged you on her now." Then a strong angel lifted a boulder like a huge millstone and flung it into the sea, crying, "So shall the great city, Babylon, be hurled down, hurtling, and never be seen any more: & 23] Vanished the ripe fruit of thy soul's desire! Perished thy luxury and splendour! Never again to be seen.read more.
For the magnates of earth were thy traders; all nations were seduced by thy magic spells. And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, of all who were slain upon earth."
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,
from the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah who was slain between the altar and the House of God ??yes, I tell you, it will all be charged upon this generation.
Putting him outside the city, they proceeded to stone him (the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a youth called Saul).
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;
