Oecumenius, on Acts 5:41

“And they indeed went from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer reproach for the name of Jesus.”

“See also the apostles' devotion to the better cause. For by the afflictions by which they hoped to be subdued, they were the more exercised, so that they might proceed to a more effective and more fearless doctrine, and not in secret, but immediately even in the temple from which they had been seized, and everywhere else also, they would proclaim Christ, showing to the listeners the futility of those who had used force against them.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.