MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH -- JESUS’ FOLLOWERS:  #38  The Story of Stephen (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 6:12-15



V V V V JESUS’ FOLLOWERS  (jf-38.txt / jf-38.mp3) V V V V


In this way  (In this way)

they stirred up the people,  (they stirred up the people,)

the elders,  (the elders,)

and the teachers of the Law.  (and the teachers of the Law.)

In this way they stirred up the people, the elders, and the teachers of the Law.  (In this way they stirred up the people, the elders, and the teachers of the Law.)

They seized Stephen  (They seized Stephen)

and took him before the Council.  (and took him before the Council.)

They seized Stephen and took him before the Council.  (They seized Stephen and took him before the Council.)

Then they brought in some men to tell lies about him.  (Then they brought in some men to tell lies about him.)

This man, they said,  (his man, they said,)

is always talking against our sacred Temple  (is always talking against our sacred Temple)

and the Law of Moses.  (and the Law of Moses.)

This man, they said, is always talking against our sacred Temple and the Law of Moses.  (This man, they said, is always talking against our sacred Temple and the Law of Moses.)

We heard him say  (We heard him say)

that this Jesus of Nazareth  (that this Jesus of Nazareth)

will tear down the Temple  (will tear down the Temple)

We heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will tear down the Temple  (We heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will tear down the Temple)

and change all the customs  (and change all the customs)

which have come down to us from Moses.  (which have come down to us from Moses.)

and change all the customs which have come down to us from Moses.  (and change all the customs which have come down to us from Moses.)

All those sitting in the Council  (All those sitting in the Council)

fixed their eyes on Stephen  (fixed their eyes on Stephen)

and saw that his face looked like the face of an angel.  (and saw that his face looked like the face of an angel.)

All those sitting in the Council fixed their eyes on Stephen and saw that his face looked like the face of an angel.  (All those sitting in the Council fixed their eyes on Stephen and saw that his face looked like the face of an angel.)


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Acts 6:12-15 from a Bible written in your language.)

a (an)
about
against
all
always
and
angel
before
brought (to bring)
change (to change)
come (to come)
council
custom
down
elder
eye
face
fixed (to fix)
from
have (to have)
heard (to hear)
him
his
in
is (to be)
Jesus = a man’s name
law
lie
like (to like)
looked (to look)
man (men)
Moses = a man’s name
Nazareth = a place name
of
on
our
people (person)
sacred (to be sacred)
said (to say)
saw (to see)
say (to say)
seized (to seize)
sitting (to sit)
some
Stephen = a man’s name
stirred (to stir)
talking (to talk)
teacher
tear (to tear)
tell (to tell)
temple
that
the
their
then
they
this
those
to
to be
to be sacred
to bring
to change
to come
to fix
to have
to hear
to like
to look
to say
to see
to seize
to sit
to stir
to take
to talk
to tear
to tell
took (to take)
up
us
way
we
which
will (to be)