George Wagner was arrested in Munich, Bavaria, because he held to four particular articles: Priests cannot forgive men of their sins; no man can bring God down from heaven; Christ is not to be found in religious bread and wine; and water baptism does not save from sin. In prison he was inhumanely tortured. Priests and princes pleaded with him to recant his faith in Christ alone. His wife and son were paraded before him. Nothing could be done to make him change his mind. When one religionist asked, “George, what thinkest thou that holdest baptism to be nothing, and yet thou knowest that Christ was baptized in Jordan.” Wagner then explained the purpose of baptism concluding with: “Even that Christ is my Saviour; for faith in Whom I today yield up myself, and whom today with a good confession before all, I will glorify.” George Wagner was joyful when taken to the fire in the middle of town, continuing to publically testify of his faith in the Saviour. He died on this day in 1527, crying with a loud voice, “Jesus, Jesus.”
Source – “This Day in Baptist History” by David Cummins and E. Wayne Thompson