Revelation 17:6

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Summary

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

The martyrs

General references

Hebrews 12:4

Bible References

The martyrs

I know where you dwell, where the throne of Satan is: and you are holding fast my name, and did not deny my faith, in the days when Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw beneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain on account of the word of God, and the testimony which they had.

And they conquered him through the blood of the Lamb, and the word of their testimony; and with divine love they love not their life unto death.

and when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I was standing by, and consenting, and keeping the garments of those killing him.

General references

For you have not yet resisted unto blood, fighting against sin;