Bible Verses About Martyrdom

Kayin had words with Hevel his brother; then one time, when they were in the field, Kayin turned on Hevel his brother and killed him.

So the king said to Do'eg, "You go around and kill the cohanim!" Do'eg the Edomi went around and fell on the cohanim; that day he killed eighty-five persons wearing linen ritual vests.

He also attacked Nov, the city of the cohanim, with the sword; he put to the sword both men and women, children and babies, cattle, donkeys and sheep.

for example, when Izevel was murdering ADONAI's prophets, 'Ovadyah took a hundred prophets, hid them in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water.

He answered, "I have been very zealous for ADONAI the God of armies, because the people of Isra'el have abandoned your covenant, broken down your altars and killed your prophets with the sword. Now I'm the only one left, and they're coming after me to kill me too."

For your sake we are put to death all day long, we are considered sheep to be slaughtered.

They brought Uriyahu back from Egypt and took him to Y'hoyakim the king, who put him to the sword and threw his corpse into the burial-ground of the common people.

"A brother will betray his brother to death, and a father his child; children will turn against their parents and have them put to death.

Everyone will hate you because of me, but whoever holds out till the end will be preserved from harm.

"Do not fear those who kill the body but are powerless to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who can destroy both soul and body in Gei-Hinnom.

Whoever finds his own life will lose it, but the person who loses his life for my sake will find it.

Then Yeshua told his talmidim, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him say `No' to himself, take up his execution-stake, and keep following me. For

whoever wants to save his own life will destroy it, but whoever destroys his life for my sake will find it.

Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and Torah-teachers -- some of them you will kill, indeed, you will have them executed on stakes as criminals; some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.

And so, on you will fall the guilt for all the innocent blood that has ever been shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Hevel to the blood of Z'kharyah Ben-Berekhyah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.

At that time you will be arrested and handed over to be punished and put to death, and all peoples will hate you because of me.

So the king immediately sent a soldier from his personal guard with orders to bring Yochanan's head. The soldier went and beheaded Yochanan in the prison,

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will turn against their parents and have them put to death;

For whoever tries to save his own life will destroy it, but whoever destroys his life on my account will save it.

so that on this generation will fall the responsibility for all the prophets’ blood that has been shed since the world was established,

from the blood of Hevel to the blood of Z’kharyah, who was killed between the altar and the Holy Place. Yes, I tell you, the responsibility for it will fall on this generation!

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives and friends; some of you they will have put to death;

and everyone will hate you because of me.

He who loves his life loses it, but he who hates his life in this world will keep it safe right on into eternal life!

They will ban you from the synagogue; in fact, the time will come when anyone who kills you will think he is serving God!