5 Bible Verses about Beheading

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Revelation 20:4

Then I saw thrones and those who were seated on them, and permission was granted them to pass judgment, even those who had been beheaded for bearing testimony to Jesus and for preaching the word of God, who refused to worship the wild beast and his statue, and would not let his mark be stamped upon their foreheads and upon their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Luke 9:9

So Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who can this be about whom I hear such reports?" So he was trying to see Him.

Mark 6:16

But when Herod heard of Him, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead."

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Beheading » Execution by » Of john

Mark 6:27

and so at once ordered a soldier of his guard to bring his head. The soldier went off and beheaded John in the prison

Beheading » Execution by » Of the martyrs

Revelation 20:4

Then I saw thrones and those who were seated on them, and permission was granted them to pass judgment, even those who had been beheaded for bearing testimony to Jesus and for preaching the word of God, who refused to worship the wild beast and his statue, and would not let his mark be stamped upon their foreheads and upon their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Beheading » Execution by » Of james

Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Beheading

Mark 6:16

But when Herod heard of Him, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead."

Mark 6:27-28

and so at once ordered a soldier of his guard to bring his head. The soldier went off and beheaded John in the prison and brought back his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

Punishments » Beheading

Revelation 20:4

Then I saw thrones and those who were seated on them, and permission was granted them to pass judgment, even those who had been beheaded for bearing testimony to Jesus and for preaching the word of God, who refused to worship the wild beast and his statue, and would not let his mark be stamped upon their foreheads and upon their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Beheading

Mark 6:27

and so at once ordered a soldier of his guard to bring his head. The soldier went off and beheaded John in the prison

Mark 6:16

But when Herod heard of Him, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead."

The Nation » Punishment » Beheading

Revelation 20:4

Then I saw thrones and those who were seated on them, and permission was granted them to pass judgment, even those who had been beheaded for bearing testimony to Jesus and for preaching the word of God, who refused to worship the wild beast and his statue, and would not let his mark be stamped upon their foreheads and upon their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

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