5 occurrences

'Beheaded' in the Bible

But Herod, when he heard this, said, "This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead."

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMartyrdom, Methods OfBeheading

Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

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Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?" He sought to see him.

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I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

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