When they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and put him to death and beheaded him. They took his head and went by the way of the Arabah all night,

He sent and had John beheaded in the prison,

But when Herod heard of it, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.”

And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. He went and beheaded him in the prison

Herod said, “John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” And he sought to see him.

Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.