Martyrdom

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• General scriptures concerningPsalms 44:22Matthew 10:21Matthew 10:22Matthew 10:39Matthew 16:25Matthew 23:34Matthew 23:35Matthew 24:9Mark 13:12Luke 9:24Luke 11:50Luke 21:16Luke 21:17John 12:25Romans 8:361 Corinthians 13:3Revelation 6:9–11Revelation 11:7–12Revelation 12:11Revelation 16:6
• See Persecution
• INSTANCES OF
• AbelGenesis 4:3–8
• Prophets killed by Jezebel1 Kings 18:41 Kings 18:13
• Zechariah2 Chronicles 24:212 Chronicles 24:22
• John the BaptistMark 6:18–28
• Jesus
• See Jesus
• StephenActs 7:58–60
• James the apostleActs 12:2
• The prophetsMatthew 22:6Matthew 23:35Romans 11:31 Thessalonians 2:15Hebrews 11:32–37

The passages, in Bible order (33)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 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,

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   “Every kind of honour and happiness was bestowed upon you, and then was fulfilled that which is written, "My beloved ate and drank, and was enlarged and became fat, and kicked." [Deuteronomy 32:15] Hence flowed emulation and envy, strife and sedition, persecution and disorder, war and captivity. So the worthless rose up against the honoured, those of no reputation against such as were renowned, the foolish against the wise, the young against those advanced in years.

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2. 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.)

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   “For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord,....

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3. 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.

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   “Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord? how I hid one hundred men of the Lord's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? See Gill on 1Ki 18:4, this he said not in a way of ostentation, but to show that it would be very ungenerous and ungrateful, as well as impolitic, to sacrifice such a friend at court to the Lord's prophets as he had been, and might still continue to be.

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4. 2 Chronicles 24:21

   But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.

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   “But if there are some who think that they can return to the Church not with prayers but with threats, or suppose that they can make a way for themselves, not with lamentation and atonements, but with terrors, let them take it for certain that against such the Church of the Lord stands closed; nor does the camp of Christ, unconquered and firm with the Lord's protection, yield to threats. The priest of God holding fast the Gospel and keeping Christ's precepts may be slain; he cannot be conquered.

   “Some such thing we read of in the book of Chronicles. For Joash the king of Judah at the age of seven was summoned by Jehoiada the priest to the kingdom and by the witness of Scripture is commended for all his actions as long as the aforesaid priest lived. But hear what Scripture relates of him after Jehoiada's death and how he was puffed up with pride and given over to a most disgraceful state.

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5. 2 Chronicles 24:22

   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, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”

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   “Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him,....

   “Some such thing we read of in the book of Chronicles. For Joash the king of Judah at the age of seven was summoned by Jehoiada the priest to the kingdom and by the witness of Scripture is commended for all his actions as long as the aforesaid priest lived. But hear what Scripture relates of him after Jehoiada's death and how he was puffed up with pride and given over to a most disgraceful state.

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6. Psalms 44:22

   Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

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   “Likewise he proves this through a clear sign, because if they had wished to withdraw, the saints would suffer no evils in this world, as they now suffer. And first he sets forth the reason why they suffer, because the cause makes the martyr; and …

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7. 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.

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   “(Verse 21) But brother will betray brother to death, and father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death. And you will be hated by all because of my name. We frequently see this happening in persecutions: there is no loyal affection among them, for they have different beliefs.

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8. Matthew 10:22

   You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

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   “(Verse 22.) But whoever perseveres until the end, he will be saved. For it is not to begin, but to complete virtue.

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9. Matthew 10:39

   Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

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   “Here Jesus calls the departure of life from the body the "loss of life," speaking figuratively. "He who finds his life" refers to anyone who too highly values transitory existence and as it were sells it at a profit. He will face the hands of death when he is sent to unremittable punishment and death.

   “(Verse 38, 39.) And whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. In another Gospel it is written: Whoever does not take up their cross daily. Let us not think that the ardor of faith can be enough once and for all, the cross must always be carried, so that we may always teach ourselves to love Christ.

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10. Matthew 16:25

    For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

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    “This may be understood in two ways. First thus; if any lover of this present life spares his life, fearing to die, and supposing that his life is ended with this death; he seeking in this way to save his life, shall lose it, estranging it from life eternal. But if any, despising the present life, shall contend for the truth unto death, he shall lose his life as far as this present life is concerned, but forasmuch as he loses it for Christ, he shall the more save it for life eternal.

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11. Matthew 22:6

    The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

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    “(Verse 6) And they went away, some to their own village, and others to their business. The rest held his servants, and treating them with contempt, they killed them. Among those who do not accept the truth of the Gospel, there is much diversity. For those who were occupied with other matters and did not want to come are guilty of a lesser crime than those who, despite the invitation of the host, turned their affection into cruelty and mistreated or killed the king's servants.

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12. Matthew 23:34

    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 in town after town.

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    “(Verse 34.) Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. And so upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

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13. 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.

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    “Concerning the Abel here spoken of, there is no doubt that it is he whom his brother Cain murdered. He is proved to have been righteous, not only by this judgment of the Lord, but by the passage in Genesis, which says that his offerings were accepted by God. But we must enquire who is this Zacharias, son of Barachias, because we read of many Zachariases; and that we might not mistake, here it is added, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

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14. 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.

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    “(V. 9.) Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. The apostles are a representation of all believers, not that the apostles themselves will be found in physical form at that time.

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15. Mark 6:18–28

    For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”

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    “For John had said unto Herod,.... He had been personally with him, and had plainly and freely told him of his sin, and faithfully reproved him for it; alleging what he had done was contrary to the law of God: it is not lawful, for thee to have thy brother's wife: See Gill on Mat 14:4.

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16. 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.

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    "But you will be betrayed by parents and brothers, and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death." Evils inflicted by strangers cause lesser pain. But those torments rage more fiercely within us which we suffer from those in whose minds we had confidence, because along with bodily harm, the evils of lost love torment us.

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