10 Bible Verses about Martyrdom, Methods Of
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But when Herod heard of him, he said, "It is John whom I beheaded, he is risen from death again."
And Herod said, "John have I beheaded: who then is this of whom I hear such things?" And he desired to see him.
And I saw seats, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God: which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had taken his mark upon their foreheads, or on their hands: and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Whoso then fell not down and worshipped not, that he should be cast in to a hot burning oven.
And though I bestowed all my goods to feed the poor, and though I gave my body even that I burned, and yet had no love, it profiteth me nothing.
were stoned, were hewn asunder, were tempted, were slain with swords, walked up and down in sheep skins, in goat skins, in need, tribulation, and vexation,
and cast him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, named Saul.
And the women received their dead raised to life again. Others were racked, and would not be delivered, that they might receive a better resurrection.