20 Bible Verses about Martyrdom Of The Saints

Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,

"Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothersshould be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.

And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.When I saw her, I marveled greatly.

And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth."

so that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!" Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence, and will be found no more; and the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will be heard in you no more, and a craftsman of any craft will be found in you no more, and the sound of the mill will be heard in you no more,read more.
and the light of a lamp will shine in you no more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will be heard in you no more, for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by your sorcery. And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth."

But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD.

And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. He went and beheaded him in the prison

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

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

He killed James the brother of John with the sword,

They were stoned, they were sawn in two,they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated--

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.