5 occurrences

'Beheaded' in the Bible

But [when] Herod heard [it], he said, "John whom I beheaded--this one has been raised!"

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMartyrdom, Methods OfBeheading

And immediately the king sent an executioner [and] ordered [him] to bring his head. And he went [and] beheaded him in the prison.

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And Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he was wanting to see him.

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And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And [I saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ [for] a thousand years.

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