MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH -- JESUS’ FOLLOWERS:  #7  Peter’s Speech (part 2)

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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 2:29-37



V V V V JESUS’ FOLLOWERS  (jf-7.txt / jf-7.mp3) V V V V


My friends, I must speak to you plainly  (My friends, I must speak to you plainly)

about our famous ancestor King David.  (about our famous ancestor King David.)

He died and was buried,  (He died and was buried,)

and his grave is here with us to this very day.  (and his grave is here with us to this very day.)

He was a prophet, and he knew what God had promised him:  (He was a prophet, and he knew what God had promised him:)

God had made a vow  (God had made a vow) that he would make one of David's descendants  (that he would make one of David's descendants)

a king, just as David was.  (a king, just as David was.)

David saw what God was going to do in the future,  (David saw what God was going to do in the future,)

and so he spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah when he said,  (and so he spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah when he said,)

He was not abandoned in the world of the dead;  (He was not abandoned in the world of the dead;)

his body did not rot in the grave.  (his body did not rot in the grave.)

God has raised this very Jesus from death,  (God has raised this very Jesus from death,)

and we are all witnesses to this fact.  (and we are all witnesses to this fact.)

He has been raised  (He has been raised)

to the right side of God, his Father,  (to the right side of God, his Father,)

and has received from him the Holy Spirit, as he had promised.  (and has received from him the Holy Spirit, as he had promised.)

What you now see and hear  (What you now see and hear)

is his gift that he has poured out on us.  (is his gift that he has poured out on us.)

All the people of Israel, then, are to know for sure  (All the people of Israel, then, are to know for sure)

that this Jesus, whom you crucified  (that this Jesus, whom you crucified)

is the one that God has made Lord and Messiah.  (is the one that God has made Lord and Messiah.)

When the people heard this,  (When the people heard this,)

they were deeply troubled  (they were deeply troubled)

and said to Peter and the other apostles,  (and said to Peter and the other apostles,)

What shall we do, brothers?  (What shall we do, brothers?)

and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brothers?  (and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brothers?)


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Acts 2:29-37 from a Bible written in your language.)

a (an)
abandoned (to abandon)
about
all
ancestor
and
apostle
are (to be)
as
been (to be)
body
brother
buried (to bury)
crucified (to crucify)
David = a man’s name
day
dead
death
deeply (deep, deeper, deepest, deeply)
descendant
did (to do)
died (to die)
do (to do)
fact
famous (famous, more, most famous, famously)
father (Father = a name)
for
friend
from
future
gift
God
going (to go)
grave
had (to have)
has (to have)
he
hear (to hear)
heard (to hear)
here
him
his
holy (Holy Spirit = a name)
I
in
is (to be)
Israel = an ethnic name
Jesus = a man’s name
just
king
knew (to know)
know (to know)
Lord = a title of Jesus
made (to make)
make (to make)
Messiah = a title of Jesus
must
my
not
now
of
on
one
other
our
out
people (person)
Peter = a man’s name
plainly (plain, plainer, plainest, plainly)
poured (to pour)
promised (to promise)
prophet
raised (to raise)
received (to receive)
resurrection
right
rot (to rot)
said (to say)
saw (to see)
see (to see)
shall
side
so
speak (to speak)
spirit (Holy Spirit = a name)
spoke (to speak)
sure
that
the
then
they
this
to
to abandon
to be
to bury
to crucify
to die
to do
to have
to hear
to know
To make
To pour
To promise
to raise
to receive
to rot
to say
to see
to speak
to trouble
to vow
troubled (to trouble)
us
very
vow (to vow)
was (to be)
we
were (to be)
what
when
whom
with
witness
world
you