MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH -- JESUS’ FOLLOWERS:  #5  A Religious Festival (part 2)

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Acts 2:5-13



V V V V JESUS’ FOLLOWERS  (jf-5.txt / jf-5.mp3) V V V V


There were Jews living in Jerusalem,  (There were Jews living in Jerusalem,)

religious people  (religious people)

who had come from every country in the world.  (who had come from every country in the world.)

There were Jews living in Jerusalem, religious people who had come from every country in the world.  (There were Jews living in Jerusalem, religious people who had come from every country in the world.)

There were Jews living in Jerusalem, religious people who had come from every country in the world.  (There were Jews living in Jerusalem, religious people who had come from every country in the world.)

When they heard this noise,  (When they heard this noise,)

a large crowd gathered.  (a large crowd gathered.)

When they heard this noise, a large crowd gathered.  (When they heard this noise, a large crowd gathered.)

When they heard this noise, a large crowd gathered.  (When they heard this noise, a large crowd gathered.)

They were all excited,  (They were all excited,)

because all of them heard the believers  (because all of them heard the believers)

talking in their own languages.  (talking in their own languages.)

They were all excited, because all of them heard the believers talking in their own languages.  (They were all excited, because all of them heard the believers talking in their own languages.)

They were all excited, because all of them heard the believers talking in their own languages.  (They were all excited, because all of them heard the believers talking in their own languages.)

In amazement and wonder they exclaimed,  (In amazement and wonder they exclaimed,)

These people who are talking like this  (These people who are talking like this)

are from this country!  (are from this country!)

These people who are talking like this are from this country!  (These people who are talking like this are from this country!)

These people who are talking like this are from this country!  (These people who are talking like this are from this country!)

In amazement and wonder they exclaimed,  These people who are talking like this are from this country!  (In amazement and wonder they exclaimed,  These people who are talking like this are from this country!)

In amazement and wonder they exclaimed,  These people who are talking like this are from this country!  (In amazement and wonder they exclaimed,  These people who are talking like this are from this country!)

How is it, then,  (How is it, then,)

that all of us hear them speaking  (that all of us hear them speaking)

in our own native languages?  (in our own native languages?)

How is it, then, that all of us hear them speaking in our own native languages?  (How is it, then, that all of us hear them speaking in our own native languages?)

How is it, then, that all of us hear them speaking in our own native languages?  (How is it, then, that all of us hear them speaking in our own native languages?)

We are from many countries,  (We are from many countries,)

We are from many countries,  (We are from many countries,)

yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages  (yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages)

yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages  (yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages)

We are from many countries, yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages  (We are from many countries, yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages)

We are from many countries, yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages  (We are from many countries, yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages)

about the great things that God has done!  (about the great things that God has done!)

We are from many countries, yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages about the great things that God has done!  (We are from many countries, yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages about the great things that God has done!)

We are from many countries, yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages about the great things that God has done!  (We are from many countries, yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages about the great things that God has done!)

Amazed and confused,  (Amazed and confused,)

they kept asking each other,  (they kept asking each other,)

What does this mean?  (What does this mean?)

Amazed and confused, they kept asking each other,  What does this mean?  (Amazed and confused, they kept asking each other,  What does this mean?)

Amazed and confused, they kept asking each other,  What does this mean?  (Amazed and confused, they kept asking each other,  What does this mean?)

But others made fun of the believers, saying,  (But others made fun of the believers, saying,)

These people are drunk!  (These people are drunk!)

But others made fun of the believers, saying,  These people are drunk!  (But others made fun of the believers, saying,  These people are drunk!)

But others made fun of the believers, saying,  These people are drunk!  (But others made fun of the believers, saying,  These people are drunk!)


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Acts 2:5-13 from a Bible written in your language.)

a (an)
about
all
amazed (to be amazed)
amazement
and
are (to be)
asking (to ask)
because
believer
but
come (to come)
confused (to confuse)
country
crowd
does
done (to do)
drunk (to be drunk)
each
every
excited (to be excited)
exclaimed (to exclaim)
from
fun
gathered (to gather)
God
great (great, greater, greatest, greatly)
had (to have)
has (to have)
hear (to hear)
heard (to hear)
how
in
is (to be)
it
Jerusalem = a place name
Jew = an ethnic name
kept (to keep)
language
large (large, larger, largest, largely)
like
living (to live)
made (to make)
many
mean (to mean)
native
noise
of
other
our
own
people (person)
religious (religious, more, most religious, religiously)
saying (to say)
speaking (to speak)
talking (to talk)
that
the
their
them
then
there
these
they
things
this
to
to ask
to be
to be amazed
to be drunk
to be excited
to come
to confuse
to do
to exclaim
to gather
to have
to hear
to keep
to live
to make
to mean
to say
to speak
to talk
to wonder
us
we
were (to be)
what
when
who
wonder (to wonder)
world
yet