Acts 5:41

Rather than emerging from their beating repentant or discouraged, the apostles went home rejoicing. They did not enjoy the beating, but they considered it an honor to suffer dishonor for the sake of Jesus’ name (cf. Acts 3:6; Acts 16:25). Jesus had predicted that people would hate and persecute His disciples and had told them to rejoice in these responses (Matthew 5:10-12; Luke 6:22-23). Peter later wrote that Christians should count it a privilege to suffer for Christ’s sake (1 Peter 4:13; cf. 1 Peter 2:18-21; 1 Peter 3:8-17; Philippians 1:29). As the Master had suffered abuse from His enemies so, too, His servants were suffering abuse for their witness.