10 Bible Verses about Martyrdom, Methods Of

And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.

But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.

And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.

And anyone not falling down and worshipping is to be put into a burning and flaming fire.

And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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

Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;