9 Bible Verses about Martyrdom, Methods Of

And sending, he beheaded John in prison;

But Herod hearing said, That, He is John, whom I beheaded; He is risen from the dead.

And Herod said, I beheaded John: but who is this, concerning whom I hear these things? And he was seeking to see Him.

And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God, who did not worship the beast, nor his image, and they did not receive his mark on their forehead, and on their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

And if I give all my goods to feed the poor, and if I may give my body that I shall be burnt, and have not divine love, I am profited as to nothing.

they were stoned, they were tempted, they were burnt, they died by the edge of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, troubled, persecuted,

and casting him out from the city, they began to stone him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, called Saul:

And he slew James the brother of John with a sword.

women receive their dead from a resurrection: some were tortured, not accepting deliverance; in order that they might receive a better resurrection: