Table of Contents
Martyrdom
1. Is death endured for the word of God, and testimony of Christ. Re 6:9; 20:4.
2. Saints
a. Forewarned of. Mt 10:21; 24:9; Joh 16:2.
b. Should not fear. Mt 10:28; Re 2:10.
c. Should be prepared for. Mt 16:24,25; Ac 21:13.
d. Should resist sin to. Heb 12:4.
4. Inflicted at the instigation of the devil. Re 2:10,13.
5. The Apostasy guilty of inflicting. Re 17:6; 18:24.
6. Of saints, shall be avenged. Lu 11:50,51; Re 18:20-24.
7. Exemplified
b. Ahimelech and his fellow priests. 1Sa 22:18,19.
c. Prophets and Saints of old. 1Ki 18:4; 19:10; Lu 11:50,51; Heb 11:37.
d. Urijah. Jer 26:23.
e. John the Baptist. Mr 6:27.
g. Stephen. Ac 7:58.
h. Christians. Ac 9:1; 22:4; 26:10.
i. James. Ac 12:2.
j. Antipas. Re 2:13.