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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
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Bible References
The martyrs
Revelation 2:13
I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and yet thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr; who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
Revelation 6:9
And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they maintained.
Revelation 12:11
And they have overcome him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their life unto the death.
Acts 22:20
And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also stood by and consented to his death, and kept the clothes of them that slew him.
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Hebrews 12:4
for ye have not resisted unto blood in striving against sin.