| MARTYRDOM See also: persecution | 殉道 |
| The martyrs were bound, imprisoned, scourged,
racked, burnt, rent, butchered - and they multiplied. Augustine 殉道者被綑綁、下到監牢、鞭打、拷問、焚燒、妻離子散、無情屠殺 - 他們的人數卻倍增。 |
| Divine presence made the
martyrs as willing to die as to dine. Thomas Brooks 上帝的臨在讓殉道者願意如赴宴一般從容就義。 |
| It is not the blood but the cause that makes a
martyr. Thomas Brooks 讓人成為殉道者的不是流血而是殉道的因由。 |
| The Lord knows I go up this
ladder [to be hung as a martyr] with less fear, confusion or perturbation of mind than
ever I entered a pulpit to preach. Donald Cargill 主知道我走上這殉道的階梯，比我走上宣道的講台少一點懼怕、迷惑或煩惱。 |
| Christianity has made martyrdom sublime and sorrow
triumphant. E. H. Chapin 基督教已經使得殉道變得令人崇敬，使得憂傷變為勝利。 |
| God sometimes raises up many
faithful ministers out of the ashes of one. Matthew Henry 有時候上帝從殉道者的骨灰中興起許多忠心的傳道人。 |
| It is better for me to be a martyr than a monarch. Ignatius 對我而言，成為一位殉道者好過成為一個君王。 |
| The blood of the martyrs is
the seed of the church. Jerome 殉道者的血液是教會的種子。 |
| You may kill us, but you can never hurt us. Justyn Martyr 你可以殺我們，但你傷害不了我們。 |
| The martyrs shook the powers
of darkness with the irresistible power of weakness. John Milton 殉道者以弱者生發之無可抗拒能力擊中黑暗的權勢。 |
| It is small matter to die once for Christ; if it
might be, I could wish I might die a thousand deaths for him. Lewis Paschalis 為基督死這麼一次根本無足掛齒；如果可以，我希望能為基督死個千百次。 |
| Weak grace may do for God,
but it must be strong grace that will die for God. William Secker 能為上帝做事情是微弱的恩典，而能為上帝而死一定是強大的恩典。 |