 And to him they agreed : and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy...  Poems on several occasions - Page 38by Charles Crawford (calling himself earl of Crawford.) - 1803Full view - About this book
 | John Davenant, Josiah Allport - 1831 - 656 pages
...indignities for the sake of the Gospel, and of our sacred ministry. It is therefore said of the Apostles, They departed from the presence of the council rejoicing...that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for the name of Jesus, Acts v. 41. That is a bad soldier, says Prosper, who follows his General sorrowing.... | |
 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1831 - 722 pages
...examples we may learn to rejoice and be exceeding glad in such persecution:— as the apostles did, who " departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing...that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name." (Acts v. 41.) And St. Peter says, "If ye be reproached for the fied ; they shall not hunger... | |
 | John Davenant, Josiah Allport - 1831 - 642 pages
...is Christian possesses joy and spiritual cheerfulness in the midst of calamities. They departedfrom the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. Acts v. 41. But an objection is raised from the passage before adduced, viz. Ye shall lament,... | |
 | Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth - 1832 - 280 pages
...religion which they feared would supersede their own, on the contrary, "when they had called the Apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go." It cannot be denied that there is a strong resemblance between the obstinacy, for it can scarcely be... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. De. xxv. 2, 3. When they had called the apostles nd grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, t Ac. т. 40. They know (said Saul to Jesus, who appeared to him) that I imprisoned and beat in every... | |
 | Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth - 1832 - 292 pages
...religion which they feared would supersede their own, on the contrary, "when they had called the Apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them fo." It cannot be denied that there is a strong resemlance between the obstinacy, for it can scarcely... | |
 | Walter Curtis Lichfield - 2004 - 638 pages
...found even to fight against God. 40. And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to... | |
 | John Barnett - 2004 - 610 pages
...power of the Holy Spirit. Apostles best illustrates THE GLAD D EN l NG SRI RIT OF GOD in Acts 5:41 So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing...that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. 12. THE WITNESSING SPIRIT OF GOD Romans 15:16 that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the... | |
 | Steven Boate - 2004 - 194 pages
...I have been sharing about Jesus. What about the Apostles? What did they suffer from? Acts 5:41 "So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing...that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name." Peter and John were beaten and told not to teach people about Jesus. I call that suffering in... | |
 | Manuel J. Seymour - 2004 - 253 pages
...promised Messiah, the religious rulers had them arrested. They were acted upon! Then after they had "beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go." Then the Apostles "departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy... | |
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