Acts 5:41

And they went out from before them, rejoicing to be worthy for the sake of the Name to be ill treated.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 they were persuaded by him, and called the apostles, and scourged them, and commanded them that they should not teach in the name of Jeshu, and loosed them.

42And they ceased not daily to teach in the temple, and in the house, and to preach concerning our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:10Blessed they who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

John 15:21But these all will they do to you on account of my name, because they know not Him who sent me.

Romans 5:3And not thus only, but also in afflictions we exult; for we know that affliction perfecteth patience in us,

Philippians 1:29And this from Aloha hath been given to you, not only believing to believe in the Meshiha, but also for his sake to suffer,

Hebrews 12:2And let us look unto Jeshu, who hath become the chief and the perfecter of our faith; who, for the joy that was before him, endured the cross, and unto shame delivered himself, and at the right hand of the throne of Aloha hath sat down.

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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