10 Bible Verses about Martyrdom, Methods Of

And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

But when Herod heard of it, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired 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 were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

And whosoever falls not down and worships, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

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

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

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

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