MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH -- JESUS’ FOLLOWERS:  #17  Before the Council (part 1)

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Acts 4:13-16



V V V V JESUS’ FOLLOWERS  (jf-17.txt / jf-17.mp3) V V V V


The members of the Council were amazed  (The members of the Council were amazed)

to see how bold Peter and John were  (to see how bold Peter and John were)

and to learn that they were ordinary men of no education.  (and to learn that they were ordinary men of no education.)

The members of the Council were amazed to see how bold Peter and John were and to learn that they were ordinary men of no education.  (The members of the Council were amazed to see how bold Peter and John were and to learn that they were ordinary men of no education.)

The members of the Council were amazed to see how bold Peter and John were and to learn that they were ordinary men of no education.  (The members of the Council were amazed to see how bold Peter and John were and to learn that they were ordinary men of no education.)

They realized then that they had been companions of Jesus.  (They realized then that they had been companions of Jesus.)

They realized then that they had been companions of Jesus.  (They realized then that they had been companions of Jesus.)

But there was nothing that they could say,  (But there was nothing that they could say,)

because they saw the man who had been healed  (because they saw the man who had been healed)

standing there with Peter and John.  (standing there with Peter and John.)

But there was nothing that they could say, because they saw the man who had been healed standing there with Peter and John.  (But there was nothing that they could say, because they saw the man who had been healed standing there with Peter and John.)

But there was nothing that they could say, because they saw the man who had been healed standing there with Peter and John.  (But there was nothing that they could say, because they saw the man who had been healed standing there with Peter and John.)

So they told them to leave the Council room,  (So they told them to leave the Council room,)

and then they started discussing among themselves,  (and then they started discussing among themselves,)

What shall we do with these men? they asked.  (What shall we do with these men? they asked.)

So they told them to leave the Council room, and then they started discussing among themselves, What shall we do with these men? they asked.  (So they told them to leave the Council room, and then they started discussing among themselves, What shall we do with these men? they asked.)

So they told them to leave the Council room, and then they started discussing among themselves, What shall we do with these men? they asked.  (So they told them to leave the Council room, and then they started discussing among themselves, What shall we do with these men? they asked.)  


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Acts 4:13-16 from a Bible written in your language.)

amazed
among
and
asked (to ask)
because
been (to be)
bold (bold, bolder, boldest, boldly)
but
companion
could
council
discussing (to discuss)
do (to do)
education
had (to have)
healed (to heal)
how
Jesus = a man’s name
John = a man’s name
learn (to learn)
leave (to leave)
man (men)
member
men (man)
no
nothing
of
ordinary (ordinary, more, most ordinary, ordinarily)
Peter = a man’s name
realized (to realize)
room
saw (to see)
say (to say)
see (to see)
shall
so
standing (to stand)
started (to start)
that
the
them
themselves
then
there
these
they
to
to ask
to be
to discuss
to do
to have
to heal
to learn
to leave
to realize
to say
to see
to stand
to start
to tell
told (to tell)
was (to be)
we
were (to be)
what
who
with