19 Bible Verses about Martyrdom Of The Saints
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And a brother shall deliver a brother to death, and a father a son; and children shall rise up against their parents and put them to death;
Then they shall deliver you to affliction, and kill you, and you shall be hated by all nations on my account;
They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming when every one that kills you will think he renders God a service.
And fear not those who kill the body and are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Fear not what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried, and you shall have affliction ten days. Be faithful till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake, shall find it.
But Paul answered, What do you do, to weep and break my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.
And a white robe was given them, and it was told them to rest yet a little while, till their fellow servants and their brothers and those about to be killed as they also had been should finish [their testimony].
And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus, and I wondered when I saw her with great wonder.
and in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all that have been killed on the earth.
that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out since the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the house. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.
Rejoice over her, heaven, and you holy angels and apostles and prophets, for God has executed your judgment on her. And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon the great city be cast down, and shall be found no more. And the voice of harpers and singers and of those that play on flutes and trumpets shall be heard in you no more. And no artisan of any art shall be found in you any more, and the sound of a mill shall be heard in you no more,read more.
and the light of a candle shall shine in you no more, and the voice of a bridegroom and of a bride shall be heard in you no more, for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, for all nations were deceived by your magic arts, and in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all that have been killed on the earth.
And the king immediately sending an executioner, commanded him to bring his head. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the house. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.
and casting him out of the city, stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul,
they were stoned, they were cut to pieces with saws, they were tried, they died with the death of the sword, they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,
And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those killed for the word of God and for the testimony which they had.