MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH -- JESUS’ FOLLOWERS:  #33 In Trouble Again (part 3)

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Acts 5:33-36



V V V V JESUS’ FOLLOWERS  (jf-33.txt / jf-33.mp3) V V V V


When the members of the Council heard this,  (When the members of the Council heard this,)

they were so furious  (they were so furious)

that they wanted to have the apostles put to death.  (that they wanted to have the apostles put to death.)

When the members of the Council heard this, they were so furious that they wanted to have the apostles put to death.  (When the members of the Council heard this, they were so furious that they wanted to have the apostles put to death.) 

But one of them  (But one of them)

who was a teacher of the Law  (who was a teacher of the Law)

and was highly respected by all the people,  (and was highly respected by all the people,)

stood up in the Council.  (stood up in the Council.)

But one of them who was a teacher of the Law and was highly respected by all the people, stood up in the Council.  (But one of them who was a teacher of the Law and was highly respected by all the people, stood up in the Council.)

He ordered the apostles  (He ordered the apostles)

to be taken out for a while,  (to be taken out for a while,)

and then he said to the Council,  (and then he said to the Council,)

He ordered the apostles to be taken out for a while, and then he said to the Council,  (He ordered the apostles to be taken out for a while, and then he said to the Council,)

Fellow Israelites,  (Fellow Israelites,)

be careful what you do to these men.  (be careful what you do to these men.)

Fellow Israelites, be careful what you do to these men.  (Fellow Israelites, be careful what you do to these men.) 

You remember  (You remember)

that a man appeared some time ago,  (that a man appeared some time ago,)

claiming to be somebody great,  (claiming to be somebody great,)

and about four hundred men joined him.  (and about four hundred men joined him.)

You remember that a man appeared some time ago, claiming to be somebody great, and about four hundred men joined him.  (You remember that a man appeared some time ago, claiming to be somebody great, and about four hundred men joined him.)

But he was killed,  (But he was killed,)

all his followers were scattered,  (all his followers were scattered,)

and his movement died out.  (and his movement died out.)

But he was killed, all his followers were scattered, and his movement died out.  (But he was killed, all his followers were scattered, and his movement died out.) 


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Acts 5:33-36 from a Bible written in your language.)

a (an)
about
ago
all
and
apostle
appeared (to appear)
be (to be)
but
by
careful (careful, more, most careful, carefully) 
claiming (to claim)
council
death
died (to die)
do
fellow
follower
for
four (4)
furious (furious, more, most furious, furiously)
great (great, greater, greatest, greatly)
have (to have)
he
heard (to hear)
highly (high, higher, highest, highly)
him
his
hundred (100)
in
Israelites (= an ethnic name)
joined (to join)
killed (to kill)
law
man (men)
member
men (man)
movement
of
one
ordered (to order)
out
people (person)
put (to put)
remember (to remember)
respected (to respect)
said (to say)
scattered (to scatter)
so
some
somebody
stood (to stand)
taken (to take)
teacher
that
the
them
then
these
they
this
time
to
to appear
to be
to claim
to die
to have
to hear
to join
to kill
to order
to put
to remember
to respect
to say
to scatter
to stand
to take
to want
up
wanted (to want)
was (to be)
were (to be)
what
when
while
who
you