Acts 5:41

"They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go."

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From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 41. Rejoicing. Nothing to most men would seem more disgraceful than a public whipping. It is a punishment inflicted usually not so much because it gives pain, as because it is esteemed to be attended with disgrace. The Jewish rulers, doubtless, desired that the apostles might be so affected with the sense of this disgrace as to be unwilling to appear again in public, or to preach the gospel any more. Yet in this they were disappointed. The effect was just the reverse. If it be asked why they rejoiced in this manner, we may reply, (1.) because they were permitted thus to imitate the example of the Lord Jesus.

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