MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH -- JESUS’ FOLLOWERS:  #40 Stephen Forgives

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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 7:59-60



V V V V JESUS’ FOLLOWERS  (jf-40.txt / jf-40.mp3) V V V V


They kept on stoning Stephen  (They kept on stoning Stephen)

as he called out to the Lord,  (as he called out to the Lord,)

Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.  (Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.)

They kept on stoning Stephen as he called out to the Lord, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.  (They kept on stoning Stephen as he called out to the Lord, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.)

He knelt down  (He knelt down)

and cried out in a loud voice,  (and cried out in a loud voice,)

Lord, do not remember this sin against them.  (Lord, do not remember this sin against them.)

He knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, Lord, do not remember this sin against them.  (He knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, Lord, do not remember this sin against them.)

He said this and died.  (He said this and died.)


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Acts 7:59-60 from a Bible written in your language.)

a (an)
against
and
as
called (to call)
cried (to cry)
died (to die)
do (to do)
down
he
in
Jesus = a man’s name
kept (to keep)
knelt (to kneel)
Lord = a title of Jesus
loud (loud, louder, loudest, loudly)
my
not
on
out
receive (to receive)
remember (to remember)
said (to say)
sin
spirit
Stephen = a man’s name
stoning (to stone)
the
them
they
this
to
to call
to cry
to die
to do
to keep
to kneel
to receive
to remember
to say
to stone
voice