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Acts 5:41-42
New English Translation
Acts 5:41-42
New English Translation
41 So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy[a] to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.[b] 42 And every day both in the temple courts[c] and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news[d] that Jesus was the Christ.[e]
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- Acts 5:41 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).
- Acts 5:41 sn The name refers to the name of Jesus (cf. 3 John 7).
- Acts 5:42 tn Grk “temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper and has been translated accordingly.
- Acts 5:42 tn Grk “teaching and evangelizing.” They were still obeying God, not men (see 4:18-20; 5:29).
- Acts 5:42 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.
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