10 Bible Verses about Martyrdom, Methods Of

He sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

But when Herod heard of it, he kept saying, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen!”

Herod said, “I myself had John beheaded; but who is this man about whom I hear such things?” And he kept trying to see Him.

Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

But whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.

And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

When they had driven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and the witnesses laid aside their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword.

Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection;