9 Bible Verses about Martyrdom, Methods Of

And he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

But when Herod heard of him he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead."

But Herod said, "John I have beheaded, but who can this be about whom I hear such reports?" And he endeavored to see him.

Then I saw thrones with beings seated on them, who were empowered to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus and the message of God, who refused to worship the animal and its statue, and would not have its mark put on their foreheads or on their hands. They were restored to life and reigned with the Christ a thousand years.

Even if I give away everything I own, and give myself up, but do it in pride, not love, it does me no good.

They were stoned to death, they were tortured to death, they were sawed in two, they were killed with the sword. Clothed in the skins of sheep or goats, they were driven from place to place, destitute, persecuted, misused??38 men of whom the world was not worthy wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and holes in the ground.

and dragged him out of the city and stoned him, the witnesses throwing down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

He had John's brother, James, beheaded,

Women had their dead restored to them by resurrection. Others endured torture, and refused to accept release, that they might rise again to the better life.