Acts 5:41

James Moffatt - New Testament

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy of suffering dishonour for the sake of the Name;

Cross References

James 1:2

Greet it as pure joy, my brothers, when you come across any sort of trial,

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men will hate you, when they will excommunicate you and denounce you and defame you as wicked on account of the Son of man;

Philippians 1:29

For on behalf of Christ you have the favour of suffering no less than of believing in him,

John 15:21

They will do all this to you on account of my name, because they know not him who sent me.

2 Corinthians 12:10

It makes me satisfied, for Christ's sake, with weakness, insults, trouble, persecution, and calamity; for I am strong just when I am weak.

Hebrews 12:2

our eyes fixed upon Jesus as the pioneer and the perfection of faith — upon Jesus who, in order to reach his own appointed joy, steadily endured the cross, thinking nothing of its shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Romans 5:3

Not only so, but we triumph even in our troubles, knowing that trouble produces endurance,

Hebrews 10:34

for you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you took the confiscation of your own belongings cheerfully, conscious that elsewhere you had higher, you had lasting, possessions.

Acts 5:21

With these orders they went into the temple about dawn and proceeded to teach. Meantime the high priest and his allies met, called the Sanhedrin together and the council of seniors belonging to the sons of Israel, and then sent to prison for the men.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul replied, "What do you mean by weeping and disheartening me? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

3 John 1:7

they have started out for his sake and declined to take anything from pagans;