Martyrdom
241Stephen the Martyr and Simon the Sorcerer
30 Mar 2026
8:36¶ 37
“The word martyr originally meant a witness. Here he has witnessed to the truth of the gospel. He’s witnessed to the Messiah-ship of Jesus…”
8:54¶ 38
“We’ve turned the word martyr into someone who gets executed, because here’s precedent, but in the Old Testament the witnesses were the ones who…”
8:20¶ 36
“Yes, but this they followed through on. After all, Stephen is not Jesus. Jesus could fix them with a look, or suddenly not be…”
62In The Wilderness
7 Mar 2021
28:10¶ 86
“We see this in stories of martyrs, where some very vicious group of thugs points a gun at a man and says, “Renounce Christ…”
28:41¶ 90
“To a lot of people that would seem so callous, so cold, so unloving. “You mean you’ll let your family die? You’ll let your…”
31:00¶ 96
“He’s horrified not by the pain. A lot of martyrs have gone through things as painful as what Jesus seems to have gone through,…”