20 Bible Verses about Torture

"So his master, greatly incensed, handed him over to the jailers until he should pay all he owed him.

The crowd, too, joined in the outcry against them, till at length the praetors ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods; and, after severely flogging them, they threw them into jail and bade the jailer keep them safely. He, having received an order like that, lodged them in the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.

Women received back their dear ones alive from the dead; and others were put to death with torture, refusing the deliverance offered to them--that they might secure a better resurrection. Others again were tested by cruel mockery and by scourging; yes, and by chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried by temptation, they were killed with the sword. They went from place to place in sheepskins or goatskins, enduring want, oppression and cruelty.read more.
They wandered across deserts and mountains, or hid themselves in caves and in holes in the ground.

Their mission was not to kill, but to cause awful agony for five months; and this agony was like that which a scorpion inflicts when it stings a man.

Meanwhile the men who held Jesus in custody repeatedly beat Him in cruel sport,

Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him. Stripping off His garments, they put on Him a general's short crimson cloak. They twisted a wreath of thorny twigs and put it on His head, and they put a sceptre of cane in His right hand, and kneeling to Him they shouted in mockery, "Long live the King of the Jews!"read more.
Then they spat upon Him, and taking the cane they repeatedly struck Him on the head with it. At last, having finished their sport, they took off the cloak, clothed Him again in His own garments, and led Him away for crucifixion.

Then the soldiers led Him away into the court of the Palace (the Praetorium) they arrayed Him in crimson, placed on His head a wreath of thorny twigs which they had twisted, and went on to salute Him with shouts of "Long live the King of the Jews."read more.
Then they began to beat Him on the head with a cane, to spit on Him, and to do Him homage on bended knees. At last, having finished their sport, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.

And the soldiers, twisting twigs of thorn into a wreath, put it on His head, and threw round Him a crimson cloak. Then they began to march up to Him, saying in a mocking voice, "Hail King of the Jews!" And they struck Him with the palms of their hands.

where they nailed Him to a cross, and two others at the same time, one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

After crucifying Him, they divided His garments among them by lot,

Then they crucified Him. This done, they divided His garments among them, drawing lots to decide what each should take.

When they reached the place called 'The Skull,' there they nailed Him to the cross, and the criminals also, one at His right hand and one at His left.

They cried aloud, "What hast Thou to do with us, Thou Son of God? Hast Thou come here to torment us before the time?"

crying out in a loud voice, "What hast Thou to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? In God's name I implore Thee not to torment me."

When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, and said in a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? Do not torture me, I beseech you."

and the Devil, who had been leading them astray, was thrown into the Lake of fire and sulphur where the Wild Beast and the false Prophet were, and day and night they will suffer torture until the Ages of the Ages.

"And these shall go away into the Punishment of the Ages, but the righteous into the Life of the Ages."

And in Hades, being in torment, he looked and saw Abraham in the far distance, and Lazarus resting in his arms.

And the smoke of their torment goes up until the Ages of the Ages; and the worshipers of the Wild Beast and his statue have no rest day or night, nor has any one who receives the mark of his name.

She has freely glorified herself and revelled in luxury; equally freely administer torment to her, and woe. For in her heart she boasts, saying, 'I sit enthroned as Queen: no widow am I: I shall never know sorrow.'