MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH -- JESUS’ FOLLOWERS:  #9  Jesus Heals a Lame Man

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Acts 3:1-6



V V V V JESUS’ FOLLOWERS  (jf-9.txt / jf-9.mp3) V V V V


One day Peter and John went to the Temple  (One day Peter and John went to the Temple)

at three o'clock in the afternoon,  (at three o'clock in the afternoon,)

the hour for prayer.  (the hour for prayer.)

One day Peter and John went to the Temple at three o'clock in the afternoon, the hour for prayer.  (One day Peter and John went to the Temple at three o'clock in the afternoon, the hour for prayer.) 

There at the Beautiful Gate,  (There at the Beautiful Gate,)

as it was called,  (as it was called,)

was a man who had been lame all his life.  (was a man who had been lame all his life.)

There at the Beautiful Gate, as it was called, was a man who had been lame all his life.  (There at the Beautiful Gate, as it was called, was a man who had been lame all his life.)

There at the Beautiful Gate, as it was called, was a man who had been lame all his life.  (There at the Beautiful Gate, as it was called, was a man who had been lame all his life.) 

Every day he was carried to the gate  (Every day he was carried to the gate)

to beg for money  (to beg for money)

from the people who were going into the Temple.  (from the people who were going into the Temple.)

Every day he was carried to the gate to beg for money from the people who were going into the Temple.  (Every day he was carried to the gate to beg for money from the people who were going into the Temple.)

When he saw Peter and John going in,  (When he saw Peter and John going in,)

he begged them to give him something.  (he begged them to give him something.)

When he saw Peter and John going in, he begged them to give him something.  (When he saw Peter and John going in, he begged them to give him something.)

They looked straight at him,  (They looked straight at him,)

and Peter said Look at us.  (and Peter said Look at us.)

They looked straight at him, and Peter said, Look at us.  (They looked straight at him, and Peter said, Look at us.)

So he looked at them,  (So he looked at them,) 

expecting to get something from them.  (expecting to get something from them.)

So he looked at them, expecting to get something from them.  (So he looked at them, expecting to get something from them.) 

But Peter said to him,  (But Peter said to him,)

I have no money at all,  (I have no money at all,)

But Peter said to him, I have no money at all,  (But Peter said to him, I have no money at all,)

but I give you what I have:  (but I give you what I have:)

in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.  (in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.)

but I give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.  (but I give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.)


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Acts 3:1-6 from a Bible written in your language.)

a (an)
afternoon
all
and
as
at
beautiful (beautiful, more, most beautiful, beautifully)
been (to be)
beg (to beg)
begged (to beg)
but
called (to call)
carried (to carry)
Christ (= a title of Jesus)
day
every
expecting (to expect)
for
from
gate
get (to get)
give (to give)
going (to go)
had (to have)
have (to have)
he
him
his
hour
I
in
into
it
Jesus = a man’s name
John = a man’s name
lame (to be lame)
life
look (to look)
looked (to look)
man (men)
money
name
Nazareth = a place name
no
o'clock
of
one
People (person)
Peter = a man’s name
prayer
said (to say)
saw (to see)
so
something
straight (straight, straighter, straightest)
temple
the
them
there
three (3)
to
to be
to be lame
to beg
to call
to carry
to expect
to get
to give
to go
to have
to look
to say
to see
us
was (to be)
went (to go)
were (to be)
what
When
who
you