Acts 4:3
3And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for it was now eventide.
Scripture Testimony Index stories for this passage
When Stephen Cheung is arrested and treated like a dangerous criminal, he considers this to be a blessing, to suffer for the name of Christ.
A famous Hindu priest immediately starts preaching Jesus when he is healed of paralysis and blindness. Soon, he is arrested, tortured and forced to deny Christ. But he held his ground, and upon his release; continued to preach the gospel leading many to Christ.
Boos was falsely accused of being a heretic and deceiver of people, and was consequently found and summoned to court even after initially escaping. He was tried and sentenced to a year in prison; but his only real offence was that he was preaching the gospel of Jesus.
John Nelson was arrested for preaching the gospel and while others wept on his behalf, his one concern was that his trial would not make him lose faith; and it did not! Instead, he led an exemplary life in prison.
Brother Yun and ten house church leaders were arrested on the orders of the central government in Beijing. Horrendously, they were beaten and tortured without mercy.
Sundar Singh was arrested for preaching in a forbidden Tibetan village. But his joy was so great--joy that he might suffer for Jesus' sake--that he sang and preached all night long from his tiny cell window. The enraged officials tried to silence him with torture, but he sang hymns of praise to Jesus all the more.
When Pastor Shen Xiaoming was finally arrested, an elated police chief happily declared to him: 'It took me so many years to find you. This time, there will be no turning back. You will surely die in the detention prison.' His only crime all along, was proclaiming the Gospel.