MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH -- JESUS’ FOLLOWERS:  #36  The Seven Helpers (part 2)

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<< For help understanding the meaning, read this story from a Bible written in your language.  The story is found in:

Acts 6:5-7



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The whole group was pleased with the apostles' proposal,  (The whole group was pleased with the apostles' proposal,)

so they chose seven men.  (so they chose seven men.)

The whole group was pleased with the apostles' proposal, so they chose seven men.  (The whole group was pleased with the apostles' proposal, so they chose seven men.) 

The group presented them to the apostles,  (The group presented them to the apostles,)

who prayed and placed their hands on them.  (who prayed and placed their hands on them.)

The group presented them to the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.  (The group presented them to the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.)

And so the word of God continued to spread.  (And so the word of God continued to spread.)

The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew larger and larger,  (The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew larger and larger,)

and a great number of priests accepted the faith.  (and a great number of priests accepted the faith.)

The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew larger and larger, and a great number of priests accepted the faith.  (The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew larger and larger, and a great number of priests accepted the faith.)


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Acts 6:5-7 from a Bible written in your language.)

a(an)
accepted (to accept)
and
apostle
chose (to choose)
continued (to continue)
disciple
faith
God
great (great, greater, greatest, greatly)
grew (to grow)
group
hand
in
Jerusalem = a place name
larger (large, larger, largest, largely)
men (man)
number
of
on
placed (to place)
pleased (to please)
prayed (to pray)
presented (to present)
priest
proposal
seven (7)
so
spread (to spread)
the
their
them
they
to
to accept
to be
to choose
to continue
to grow
to place
to please
to pray
to present
to spread
was (to be)
who
whole
with
word