5 occurrences

'Beheaded' in the Bible

But Herod when he heard it said, John whom I beheaded, he it is; he is risen from among the dead.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMartyrdom, Methods OfBeheading

And immediately the king, having sent one of the guard, ordered his head to be brought. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,

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And Herod said, John I have beheaded, but who is this of whom I hear such things? and he sought to see him.

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And I saw thrones; and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and the souls of those beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God; and those who had not done homage to the beast nor to his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and hand; and they lived and reigned with the Christ a thousand years:

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