MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH -- JESUS’ FOLLOWERS:  #41 The Church Suffers

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Acts 8:1-3



V V V V JESUS’ FOLLOWERS  (jf-41.txt / jf-41.mp3) V V V V


That very day  (That very day)

the church in Jerusalem  (the church in Jerusalem)

began to suffer cruel persecution.  (began to suffer cruel persecution.)

That very day the church in Jerusalem began to suffer cruel persecution.  (That very day the church in Jerusalem began to suffer cruel persecution.)

All the believers,  (All the believers,)

except the apostles,  (except the apostles,)

were scattered throughout the provinces of Judea and Samaria.  (were scattered throughout the provinces of Judea and Samaria.)

All the believers, except the apostles, were scattered throughout the provinces of Judea and Samaria.  (All the believers, except the apostles, were scattered throughout the provinces of Judea and Samaria.)

Some devout men buried Stephen,  (Some devout men buried Stephen,)

mourning for him with loud cries.  (mourning for him with loud cries.)

Some devout men buried Stephen, mourning for him with loud cries.  (Some devout men buried Stephen, mourning for him with loud cries.) 

But Saul tried to destroy the church.  (But Saul tried to destroy the church.)

Going from house to house,  (going from house to house,)

he dragged out the believers,  (he dragged out the believers,)

both men and women,  (both men and women,)

and threw them into jail.  (and threw them into jail.)

Going from house to house, he dragged out the believers, both men and women, and threw them into jail.  (Going from house to house, he dragged out the believers, both men and women, and threw them into jail.) 


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Acts 8:1-3 from a Bible written in your language.)

all
and
apostle
began (to begin)
believer
both
buried (to bury)
but
church
cries (to cry)
cruel (cruel, crueler, cruelest, cruelly)
day
destroy (to destroy)
devout (devout, more, most devout, devoutly)
dragged (to drag)
except
for
from
going (to go)
he
him
house
in
into
jail
Jerusalem = a place name
Judea = a place name
loud (loud, louder, loudest, loudly)
men (man)
mourning (to mourn)
of
out
persecution
province
Samaria = a place name
Saul = a man’s name
scattered (to scatter)
some
Stephen = a man’s name
suffer (to suffer)
that
the
them
threw (to throw)
throughout
to
to be
to begin
to bury
to cry
to destroy
to drag
to go
to mourn
to scatter
to suffer
to throw
to try
tried (to try)
very
were (to be)
with
women (woman)