Acts 5:41

κατηξιώθησαν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος� with אABC. Vulg. ‘digni habiti sunt pro nomine Jesu contumeliam pati.’

41. κατηξιώθησαν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος�. The Apostles count as glory what the world would count as shame. Cf. Galatians 6:14, ‘God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.’ This figure of speech (called oxymoron, and consisting in the effective contrast of words opposite in meaning) is common in the New Testament. Cp. 2 Corinthians 6:8-10.

λὑπὲρ τ. ὀ. Render, for the Name. That name of which St Peter had said (Acts 4:12), ‘There is none other name under heaven, given among men, whereby we must be saved.’