MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH -- JESUS’ FOLLOWERS:  #30 Miracles and Wonders (part 2)

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Acts 5:16-21



V V V V JESUS’ FOLLOWERS  (jf-30.txt / jf-30.mp3) V V V V


And crowds of people  (And crowds of people)

came in from the towns around Jerusalem,  (came in from the towns around Jerusalem,)

bringing those who were sick  (bringing those who were sick)

or who had evil spirits in them;  (or who had evil spirits in them;)

and they were all healed.  (and they were all healed.)

And crowds of people came in from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing those who were sick or who had evil spirits in them; and they were all healed.  (And crowds of people came in from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing those who were sick or who had evil spirits in them; and they were all healed.)

Then the High Priest  (Then the High Priest)

and all his companions,  (and all his companions,)

members of the local party of religious leaders,  (members of the local party of religious leaders,)

Then the High Priest and all his companions, members of the local party of religious leaders,  (Then the High Priest and all his companions, members of the local party of religious leaders,)

became extremely jealous of the apostles;  (became extremely jealous of the apostles;)

so they decided to take action.  (so they decided to take action.)

became extremely jealous of the apostles; so they decided to take action.  (became extremely jealous of the apostles; so they decided to take action.)

They arrested the apostles  (They arrested the apostles)

and put them in the public jail.  (and put them in the public jail.)

They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.  (They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.)

But that night  (But that night)

an angel of the Lord opened the prison gates,  (an angel of the Lord opened the prison gates,)

led the apostles out,  (led the apostles out,)

and said to them,  (and said to them,)

But that night an angel of the Lord opened the prison gates, led the apostles out, and said to them,  (But that night an angel of the Lord opened the prison gates, led the apostles out, and said to them,)

Go and stand in the Temple,  (Go and stand in the Temple,)

and tell the people all about this new life.  (and tell the people all about this new life.)

Go and stand in the Temple, and tell the people all about this new life.  (Go and stand in the Temple, and tell the people all about this new life.)

The apostles obeyed,  (The apostles obeyed,)

and at dawn they entered the Temple  (and at dawn they entered the Temple)

and started teaching.  (and started teaching.)

The apostles obeyed, and at dawn they entered the Temple and started teaching.  (The apostles obeyed, and at dawn they entered the Temple and started teaching.)


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Acts 5:16-21 from a Bible written in your language.)

a (an)
about
action
all
and
angel
apostle
around
arrested (to arrest)
at
became (to become)
bringing (to bring)
but
came (to come)
companion
crowd
dawn
decided (to decide)
entered (to enter)
evil
extremely (extreme, more, most extreme, extremely)
from
gate
go (to go)
had (to have)
healed (to heal)
high (high, higher, highest, highly)
his
in
jail
jealous (jealous, more, most jealous, jealously)
Jerusalem = a place name
leader
led (to lead)
life
local
Lord = a title of Jesus
member
new
night
obeyed (to obey)
of
opened (to open)
or
out
party
people (person)
priest
prison
public
put
religious (religious, more, most religious, religiously)
said (to say)
sick (sick, sicker, sickest, sickly)
so
spirit
stand (to stand)
started (to start)
take (to take)
teaching (to teach)
tell (to tell)
temple
that
the
them
then
they
this
those
to
to arrest
to be
to become
to bring
to come
to decide
to enter
to go
to have
to heal
to lead
to obey
to open
to say
to stand
to start
to take
to teach
to tell
town
were (to be)
who