53 Bible Verses about Martyrdom
Want to know what the Bible says about Martyrdom? Here are 53 Bible verses about Martyrdom from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Mark 6:27 NIV
So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison,
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John 21:18-19 NIV
18 Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” 19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”
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Acts 7:58 NIV
dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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Acts 9:1 NIV
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest
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Acts 22:4 NIV
I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,
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Acts 26:10 NIV
And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
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Psalm 44:22 NIV
Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
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Matthew 10:21-22 NIV
21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
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Matthew 10:39 NIV
Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
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