And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. The true reading, beyond doubt is 'for the Name;' the pronoun "His" х autou (G846)] having hardly any manuscript support. In this case, of course, "the Name" which is above every name, is sweetly emphatic (as in 3 John 1:7 in the Greek), and is at once intelligible. They rejoiced (as Humphry well puts it) that they were thought worthy by God to be dishonoured by man. (See Matthew 5:12; 1 Peter 4:14; 1 Peter 4:16.) This was their first taste of persecution, and it felt sweet for His sake on account of whom they suffered it.