Verse 41
They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name. And every day, in the temple and at home, they ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus as the Christ.
Rejoicing ... What a remarkable occasion for rejoicing was this! It was coming to pass exactly as Jesus had prophesied, saying:
They will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you ... and ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake (Matthew 10:17,22).
The Name ... means the name of Christ and is here used for the whole corpus of the New Testament teaching regarding salvation in his holy name.
Ceased not to teach and to preach ... Teaching and preaching, while similar in the function of conveying information and making arguments, are different in that preaching is "public" teaching, this distinction appearing here in the words "in the temple and at home." They taught privately and in homes where they had opportunity; but they also proclaimed publicly in the temple the wonderful message of Jesus the Christ.
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