5 Bible Verses about Beheading

He sent and beheaded John in prison;

So he sent at once a soldier of the guard with orders to bring his head.

And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them, and they were permitted to judge; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the Word of God, those who did not worship the beast nor his image, and who did not receive his brand upon their brow, or hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

and beheaded James, the brother of John, with the sword.

He sent and beheaded John in prison;

But when Herod heard, he said, "That John whom I beheaded has come back to life."

So he sent at once a soldier of the guard with orders to bring his head. And he went and beheaded John in prison, brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young girl, and she gave it to her mother.

And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them, and they were permitted to judge; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the Word of God, those who did not worship the beast nor his image, and who did not receive his brand upon their brow, or hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

He sent and beheaded John in prison;

and beheaded James, the brother of John, with the sword.

So he sent at once a soldier of the guard with orders to bring his head.

But when Herod heard, he said, "That John whom I beheaded has come back to life."

And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them, and they were permitted to judge; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the Word of God, those who did not worship the beast nor his image, and who did not receive his brand upon their brow, or hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

He sent and beheaded John in prison;

and beheaded James, the brother of John, with the sword.