Acts 5:41

And they departed from the counsell reioysynge that they were counted worthy to soffre rebuke for his name.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

In Context

40And to him they agreed and called the Apostles and bet them and commaunded that they shuld not speake in the name of Iesu and let them goo.

42And dayly in the temple and in every housse they ceased not teachinge and preachinge Iesus Christ.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:10Blessed are they which suffre persecucion for rightwesnes sake: for theirs ys the kyngdome of heuen.

John 15:21But all these thinges will they do vnto you for my names sake because they have not knowen him that sent me.

Romans 5:3Nether do we so only: but also we reioyce in tribulacion. For we know that tribulacion bringeth pacience

Philippians 1:29For vnto you it is geven that not only ye shulde beleve on Christ: but also suffre for his sake

Hebrews 12:2lokynge vnto Iesus the auctor and fynnyssher of oure fayth which for the ioye that was set before him abode the crosse and despysed the shame and is set doune on the right honde of the trone of God.

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:27-42

The Seizing of the Apostles; The Examination of the Apostles; The Advice of Gamaliel. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. 29… Read the whole commentary →

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