MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH -- JESUS’ FOLLOWERS:  #6  Peter’s Speech (part 1)

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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 2:14-24



V V V V JESUS’ FOLLOWERS  (jf-6.txt / jf-6.mp3) V V V V


Then Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles  (Then Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles)

and in a loud voice began to speak to the crowd.  (and in a loud voice began to speak to the crowd.)

Listen to me and let me tell you what this means.  (Listen to me and let me tell you what this means.)

These people are not drunk, as you suppose;  (These people are not drunk, as you suppose;)

it is only nine o'clock in the morning.  (it is only nine o'clock in the morning.)

These people are not drunk, as you suppose; it is only nine o'clock in the morning.  (These people are not drunk, as you suppose; it is only nine o'clock in the morning.)

Jesus of Nazareth was a man  (Jesus of Nazareth was a man)

whose divine authority was clearly proven to you  (whose divine authority was clearly proven to you)

Jesus of Nazareth was a man whose divine authority was clearly proven to you  (Jesus of Nazareth was a man whose divine authority was clearly proven to you)

by all the miracles and wonders  (by all the miracles and wonders)

which God performed through him.  (which God performed through him.)

by all the miracles and wonders which God performed through him.  (by all the miracles and wonders which God performed through him.)

You yourselves know this,  (You yourselves know this,)

for it happened here among you.  (for it happened here among you.)

In accordance with his own plan  (In accordance with his own plan)

God had already decided  (God had already decided)

that Jesus would be handed over to you;  (that Jesus would be handed over to you;)

In accordance with his own plan God had already decided that Jesus would be handed over to you;  (In accordance with his own plan God had already decided that Jesus would be handed over to you;)

and you killed him by letting sinful men crucify him.  (and you killed him by letting sinful men crucify him.)

But God raised him from death,  (but God raised him from death,)

setting him free from its power,  (setting him free from its power,)

because it was impossible that death should hold him prisoner.  (because it was impossible that death should hold him prisoner.)

But God raised him from death, setting him free from its power, because it was impossible that death should hold him prisoner.  (But God raised him from death, setting him free from its power, because it was impossible that death should hold him prisoner.)


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Acts 2:14-24 from a Bible written in your language.)


a (an)
accordance
all
already
among
and
apostle
are (to be)
as
authority
be (to be)
because
began (to begin)
but
by
clearly (clear, clearer, clearest, clearly)
crowd
crucify (to crucify)
death
decided (to decide)
divine
drunk (drunk, drunker, drunkest, drunken)
eleven (11)
for
free (free, freer, freest, freely)
from
God
had (to have)
handed (to hand)
happened (to happen)
here
him
his
hold (to hold)
impossible (impossible, more, most impossible, impossibly)
in
is
it
its
Jesus = a man’s name
killed (to kill)
know (to know)
let (to let)
letting (to let)
listen (to listen)
loud (loud, louder, loudest, loudly)
man (men)
me
means (to mean)
men (man)
miracle
morning
Nazareth = a place name
nine (9)
not
o'clock
of
only
other
over
own (to own)
people (person)
performed (to perform)
Peter = a man’s name
plan
power (power, more, most power, powerfully)
prisoner
proven (to be proven)
raised (to raise)
setting (to set)
should
sinful
speak (to speak)
stood (to stand)
suppose (to suppose)
tell (to tell)
that
the
then
these
this
through
to
to be
to begin
to crucify
to decide
to hand
to happen
to have
to hold
to kill
to know
to let
to listen
to mean
to own
to perform
to raise
to set
to speak
to stand
to suppose
to tell
up
voice
was (to be)
what
which
whose
with
wonder
would
you
yourselves (yourself)