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MARTYR

A word transliterated from Gk. mártys, martýrion, martyría, “witness, testimony.” The word originally referred to one who was a legal witness but came to refer to one whose testimony for Jesus ends in death (i.e., martyrdom). The word is used frequently in Acts to refer to the apostles as witnesses (Acts 1:8; 2:32; 3:15; 10:39). In Acts 5:32 the reference is to one who is willing to suffer as a part of his or her testimony for Jesus. In the Apocalypse the word connotes more the idea that one dies because of his witness or testimony (Rev. 2:13; 17:6; 22:20; KJV “martyr”). Later use of the word implies only dying for one’s faith in Christ (cf. Ignatius Rom. 2; Mart. Pol. 14:12; 17:3).

Edward P. Myers






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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