Martyrdom

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

General scriptures concerning

• Psalm 44:22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
• Matthew 10:21–22 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
• Matthew 10:39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
• Matthew 16:25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
• Matthew 23:34–35 Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood o…
• Matthew 24:9 Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
• Mark 13:12 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
• Luke 9:24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
• Luke 11:50 As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
• Luke 21:16–17 You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death. And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.

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Instances of

Abel

• Genesis 4:3–8 So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD, while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, an…

Prophets killed by Jezebel

• 1 Kings 18:4 for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
• 1 Kings 18:13 Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.

Zechariah

• 2 Chronicles 24:21–22 But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD. Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “Ma…

John the Baptist

• Mark 6:18–28 For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!” So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable, because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he…

Jesus

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Stephen

• Acts 7:58–60 They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin…

James the apostle

• Acts 12:2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.

The prophets

• Matthew 22:6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
• Matthew 23:35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
• Romans 11:3 “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well ”?
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
• Hebrews 11:32–37 And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of th…