Деяния апостолов 5:41
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
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Study Note
The apostles 'departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name' — a radical inversion of honour and shame that defines early Christian identity formation. In Greco-Roman culture public flogging was calculated to destroy social honour; the apostles' joy in such treatment signalled that they operated within a completely different honour system anchored in divine rather than human approval. This theology of shame-as-honour in suffering for Christ is developed extensively in 1 Peter 4:14-16 ('if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed') and in Paul's catalogue of ministerial hardships in 2 Corinthians 11:23-28. The verse illustrates what Luke-Acts consistently presents as the paradoxical advance of the gospel: persecution intensifies rather than hinders the community's witness and cohesion.
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They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.
they, indeed, then, departed from the presence of the sanhedrim, rejoicing that for his name they were counted worthy to suffer dishonour,
So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.
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I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me …
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl …
Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you …
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were …
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach …
But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent …
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them …
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;