Acts 5:41-42

5:41 So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy ¹  to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name. ²  5:42 And every day both in the temple courts ³  and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news ⁴  that Jesus was the Christ. ⁵ 

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¹ sn That is, considered worthy by God. They “gloried in their shame” of honoring Jesus with their testimony (Luke 6:22-23; 2 Macc 6:30).

² sn The name refers to the name of Jesus (cf. 3 John 7).

³ tn Grk “temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper and has been translated accordingly.

⁴ tn Grk “teaching and evangelizing.” They were still obeying God, not men (see 4:18-20; 5:29).

⁵ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

sn See the note on Christ in 2:31.