Acts 5:41

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.

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  • John 15:21 : 21 They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.
  • 1 Pet 4:13-16 : 13 But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy. 14 If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you. 15 Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business; 16 But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.
  • Jas 1:2 : 2 Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;
  • Phil 1:29 : 29 Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:
  • Heb 10:34 : 34 For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
  • Rom 5:3 : 3 And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;
  • Matt 5:10-12 : 10 Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs. 11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me. 12 Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.
  • Luke 6:22 : 22 Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.
  • Isa 61:10 : 10 I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.
  • Isa 65:14 : 14 My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit.
  • Isa 66:5 : 5 Give ear to the word of the Lord, you who are in fear at his word: your countrymen, hating you, and driving you out because of my name, have said, Let the Lord's glory be made clear, so that we may see your joy; but they will be put to shame.
  • 2 Cor 12:10 : 10 So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
  • Acts 16:23-25 : 23 And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely: 24 And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet. 25 But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

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    15 But when they had given them orders to go out of the Sanhedrin, they had a discussion among themselves,

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    25 And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.

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    27 And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,

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