9 Bible Verses about Martyrdom, Methods Of

and sent and beheaded John in the prison.

But Herod hearing of it said, John, whom I beheaded, hath risen again.

But Herod said, John I beheaded; but who is this, about whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.

And I saw thrones; and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them; and I saw the souls of those beheaded on account of the testimony to Jesus, and on account of the word of God, and of all who had not worshipped the beast, nor his image, and had not received his mark upon their forehead, or upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

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

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

and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul;

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

Women received back their dead by a resurrection; but others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection;