28 Bible Verses about Martyrdom

that all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Bararchiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar, may come upon you.

who also killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us, and who please not God and are hostile to all men,

and the rest took his servants and treated them injuriously, and killed them.

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars, and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

And why should I say more? For time would fail me to relate of Gideon and Barak, and Sampson and Jepthah, and David and Samuel and the prophets, who by faith subdued kingdoms, performed righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, extinguished the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put to flight encampments of foreigners; read more.
women received their dead from a resurrection, others were tortured having not accepted redemption, that they might obtain a better resurrection; and others had trial of mockings and scourges, and besides of bonds and imprisonment; they were stoned, they were cut to pieces with saws, they were tried, they died with the death of the sword, they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,

not as Cain was of the evil one and killed his brother; and why did he kill him? because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

BUT Saul, yet breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the chief priest

Then they shall deliver you to affliction, and kill you, and you shall be hated by all nations on my account;

They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming when every one that kills you will think he renders God a service.

And a brother shall deliver a brother to death, and a father a son; and children shall rise up against their parents and put them to death;

And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus, and I wondered when I saw her with great wonder.

and in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all that have been killed on the earth.

Fear not what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried, and you shall have affliction ten days. Be faithful till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

I know your works and where you live; where Satan's throne is; and you hold my name, and did not deny my faith in the days in which Antipas my faithful martyr was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

Fear not what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried, and you shall have affliction ten days. Be faithful till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

And a white robe was given them, and it was told them to rest yet a little while, till their fellow servants and their brothers and those about to be killed as they also had been should finish [their testimony].

And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and the word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his image and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their right hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years;

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those killed for the word of God and for the testimony which they had.

Fear not what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried, and you shall have affliction ten days. Be faithful till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

And fear not those who kill the body and are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake, shall find it.

I know your works and where you live; where Satan's throne is; and you hold my name, and did not deny my faith in the days in which Antipas my faithful martyr was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

I tell you most truly, that when you were young you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you become old, you shall stretch out your hands and another shall bind you and carry you where you would not; but he said this signifying by what death he should glorify God; and having said this, he said to him, Follow me.

that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out since the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the house. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.

You have not yet resisted to blood contending against sin.

For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. And Herodias was displeased with him, and wished to kill him, but was not able. For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he preserved him, and hearing him, did many things, and heard him gladly. read more.
And on a convenient day, when Herod made a supper in honor of his birthday, for his great men, and the chiliarchs, and the first men of Galilee, the daughter of this Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod, and those that reclined with him. And the king said to the girl, Ask me what you will and I will give it to you; and he swore to her, Whatever you shall ask of me I will give you, to half of my kingdom. And she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. And coming in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying, I wish you to give me immediately on a plate the head of John the Baptist. And the king was extremely sorry, but on account of the oaths, and those reclining with him, he was not willing to refuse her. And the king immediately sending an executioner, commanded him to bring his head. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head on a plate, and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

and casting him out of the city, stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul, and they stoned Stephen, calling and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And kneeling down he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this he fell asleep.

And the king immediately sending an executioner, commanded him to bring his head. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,

and casting him out of the city, stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul,

And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

but he abased himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of man,

For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.

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

And if I deal out all my property to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, and have not love, I shall not be profited.

And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and the word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his image and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their right hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years;

And a brother shall deliver a brother to death, and a father a son; and children shall rise up against their parents and put them to death;

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those killed for the word of God and for the testimony which they had.