20 Bible Verses about Martyrdom Of The Saints

People will hand over their brothers to be put to death. Parents will oppose children and children will oppose parents, causing them to be put to death.

People will cause you tribulation, and kill you. You will be hated by all the nations for my name's sake.

They will throw you out of the synagogues. Yes, the hour comes that whoever kills you will think that he offered service to God.

Do not fear those who kill the body. They are not able to take away your [everlasting] life. Instead, fear him who is able to destroy both life and body in the ever-burning fires. (Greek: Gehenna: continuously burning trash fires in the valley of Hinnom.)

Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil (false accuser) (Devil) is about to throw you into prison, that you may be tested. You will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful even if you must die, and I will give you the crown of life.

Then Jesus told his disciples: If any man wants to follow me (be mine), let him deny (disown) himself, and take up his stake and follow me (Greek: akoloutheo moi, let him be following me) (accompany me) (be in the same way with me). He who wants to save his life will lose it. He who is willing to lose his life for my sake will find it.

Why do you weep and break my heart? Paul answered: For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

You have not yet resisted by shedding blood in your striving against sin.

Each of them was given a white robe. They were told that they should rest for a little while. [They were to wait] until the [number] of their fellow servants and their brothers, who would be killed, as they were, should be fulfilled.

I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the holy ones, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her I wondered greatly.

The blood of prophets, and of holy ones, and of all who were slain upon the earth was found in her.

The blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation. This includes the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. I tell you it will be required of this generation.

Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God pronounced judgment for you against her. A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and hurled it into the sea. He said: With violence the great city Babylon will be thrown down, and it will not be found any longer. The sound of harp players, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, will not be heard anymore in you. No craftsman will be found in you. The sound of a millstone will not be heard in you anymore.read more.
There will no longer be the light of a candle in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you. Your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your spiritistic practice all nations were deceived. The blood of prophets, and of holy ones, and of all who were slain upon the earth was found in her.

They plotted against Zechariah. Then they followed the king's order and stoned him to death in the courtyard of Jehovah's Temple.

He immediately commanded his guard to behead John the Baptist and bring his head to him.

This includes the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. I tell you it will be required of this generation.

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

He killed James the brother of John with a sword.

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented.

When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the persons who were slaughtered because of the word of God, and for the witness they gave.