MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH -- JESUS’ FOLLOWERS:  #49  Philip Explains the Meaning

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<< For help understanding the meaning, read this story from a Bible written in your language.  The story is found in:

Acts 8:31, 34-35



V V V V JESUS’ FOLLOWERS  (jf-49.txt / jf-49.mp3) V V V V


The official replied,  (The official replied,)

How can I understand  (How can I understand)

unless someone explains it to me?  (unless someone explains it to me?)

The official replied, How can I understand unless someone explains it to me?  (The official replied, How can I understand unless someone explains it to me?)

And he invited Philip  (And he invited Philip)

to climb up and sit in the carriage with him.  (to climb up and sit in the carriage with him.)

And he invited Philip to climb up and sit in the carriage with him.  (And he invited Philip to climb up and sit in the carriage with him.)

The official asked Philip,  (The official asked Philip,)

Tell me,  (Tell me,)

of whom is the prophet saying this?  (of whom is the prophet saying this?)

Of himself or of someone else?  (Of himself or of someone else?)

The official asked Philip, Tell me, of whom is the prophet saying this? Of himself or of someone else?  (The official asked Philip, Tell me, of whom is the prophet saying this? Of himself or of someone else?)

Then Philip began to speak;  (Then Philip began to speak;)

starting from this passage of scripture,  (starting from this passage of scripture,)

he told him the Good News about Jesus.  (he told him the Good News about Jesus.)

Then Philip began to speak; starting from this passage of scripture, he told him the Good News about Jesus.  (Then Philip began to speak; starting from this passage of scripture, he told him the Good News about Jesus.)


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Acts 8:31, 34-35  from a Bible written in your language.)

about
and
asked (to ask)
began (to begin)
can
carriage
climb (to climb)
else
explains (to explain)
from
good (good, better, best, goodly)
he
him
himself
how
I
in
invited (to invite)
is (to be)
it
Jesus = a man’s name
me
news
of
official
or
passage
Philip = a man’s name
prophet
replied (to reply)
saying (to say)
scripture
sit (to sit)
someone
speak (to speak)
starting (to start)
tell (to tell)
the
then
this
to
to ask
to be
to begin
to climb
to explain
to invite
to reply
to say
to sit
to speak
to start
to tell
to understand
told (to tell)
understand (to understand)
unless
up
whom
with