10 Bible Verses about Martyrdom, Methods Of

and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

But Herod, when he heard thereof , said, John, whom I beheaded, he is risen.

And Herod said, John I beheaded: but who is this, about whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor , and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

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