Martyrdom
44 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
22 sections
- Abel
- Ahimelech and his Fellow Priests
- Antipas
- Christians
- General Scriptures Concerning
- Inflicted at the Instigation of the Devil
- James
- James the Apostle
- John the Baptist
- Peter
- Prophets and Saints of Old
- Prophets Killed by Jezebel
- Reward of
- Saints: Forewarned of
- Saints: should be Prepared For
- Saints: should not Fear
- Saints: should Resist Sin To
- Stephen
- The Apostasy Guilty of Inflicting
- The Prophets
- Urijah
- Zechariah
Abel
- Genesis 4:8 Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
- 1 John 3:12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
Ahimelech and his Fellow Priests
- 1 Samuel 22:18–19 So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. …
Antipas
- Revelation 2:13 I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.
Christians
- Acts 9:1 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest
- Acts 22:4 I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
- Acts 26:10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
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. …
- 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. …
- 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. …
- John 12:25 Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
- Romans 8:36 As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
- Revelation 6:9–11 And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld. …
- Revelation 11:7–12 When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them. …
- Revelation 12:11 They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
- Revelation 16:6 For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
- Revelation 17:6 I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
Inflicted at the Instigation of the Devil
- Revelation 2:10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
- Revelation 2:13 I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.
James
- Acts 12:2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
James the Apostle
- Acts 12:2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
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!” …
Peter
- John 21:18–19 Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked 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.” …
Prophets and Saints of Old
- 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 19:10 “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking …
- Luke 11:50–51 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, …
- Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
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.
Reward of
- Revelation 2:10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
- Revelation 6:11 Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.
Saints: Forewarned of
- Matthew 10:21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
- 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.
- John 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
Saints: should be Prepared For
- Matthew 16:24–25 Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. …
- Acts 21:13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
Saints: should not Fear
- Matthew 10:28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Revelation 2:10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Saints: should Resist Sin To
- Hebrews 12:4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
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. …
The Apostasy Guilty of Inflicting
- Revelation 17:6 I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
- Revelation 18:24 And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.
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, …
Urijah
- Jeremiah 26:23 They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.
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. …
Related topics
Martyrdom is Death Endured for the Word of God, and Testimony of ChristMartyrdom of Saints, Shall be AvengedRevenge by HerodiasProphets were Mighty Through FaithWar by FaithPersecution of the Righteous
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.