Thematic Bible: Martyrs


Thematic Bible



And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.


And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.


From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.


In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.


For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.


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