9 Bible Verses about Martyrdom, Methods Of
Most Relevant Verses
But when Herod heard, he said, "That John whom I beheaded has come back to life."
So Herod said, "I beheaded John, but who is this of whom I am hearing such reports," And he kept seeking to see him.
And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them, and they were permitted to judge; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the Word of God, those who did not worship the beast nor his image, and who did not receive his brand upon their brow, or hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
And though I sell all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it avails me nothing.
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, persecuted, tormented??38 of whom the world was not worthy??andering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground.
dragged him outside the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Woman received their dear ones alive from the dead; and others were broken on the wheel, not accepting the offered deliverance, in order that they might obtain a better resurrection.
