They were joyful, not because of the suffering itself, but because “they had been counted worthy to be dishonored in behalf of his [Christ’s] name. ” ​ — Acts 5: 40, 41.
वे स्वयं पीड़ा के कारण आनन्दित नहीं थे, बल्कि इसलिए कि ‘ वे उसके [मसीह के] नाम के लिये निरादर होने के योग्य ठहरे । ’ — प्रेरितों ५: ४०, ४१.