10 Bible Verses about Martyrdom, Methods Of

and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

But Herod, when he heard this, said, "This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead."

Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?" He sought to see him.

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.

They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.