MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH -- THE LIFE OF JESUS:  #37 Jesus Before the Leaders

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Luke 22:63-71


63 Now the guards in charge of Jesus began mocking and beating him. 64 They blindfolded him; then they hit him and asked, "Who hit you that time, you prophet?" 65 And they threw all sorts of terrible insults at him.



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66 At daybreak all the leaders of the people assembled,  (At daybreak all the leaders of the people assembled,)

including the leading priests and the teachers of religious law.  (including the leading priests and the teachers of religious law.)

66 At daybreak all the leaders of the people assembled, including the leading priests and the teachers of religious law.  (At daybreak all the leaders of the people assembled, including the leading priests and the teachers of religious law.)

Jesus was led before this high council,  (Jesus was led before this high council,)

67 and they said, "Tell us if you are the Messiah."  (and they said, "Tell us if you are the Messiah.")

Jesus was led before this high council, 67 and they said, "Tell us if you are the Messiah."  (Jesus was led before this high council, and they said, "Tell us if you are the Messiah.")

But he replied, "If I tell you, you won't believe me.  (But he replied, "If I tell you, you won't believe me.)

68 And if I ask you a question, you won't answer.  (And if I ask you a question, you won't answer.)

69 But the time is soon coming when I,  (But the time is soon coming when I,)

the Son of Man,  (the Son of Man,)

will be sitting at God's right hand in the place of power."  (will be sitting at God's right hand in the place of power.")

69 But the time is soon coming when I, the Son of Man, will be sitting at God's right hand in the place of power."  (But the time is soon coming when I, the Son of Man, will be sitting at God's right hand in the place of power.")

70 They all shouted,  (They all shouted,)

"Then you claim you are the Son of God?"  ("Then you claim you are the Son of God?")

70 They all shouted, "Then you claim you are the Son of God?"  (They all shouted, "Then you claim you are the Son of God?")

And he replied, "You are right in saying that I am."  (And he replied, "You are right in saying that I am.")


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71 "What need do we have for other witnesses?" they shouted. "We ourselves heard him say it." 



Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. 


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Luke 22:63-71 from a Bible written in your language.)

a (an)
all
am (to be)
and
answer (to answer)
are (to be)
ask (to ask)
assembled (to assemble)
at
before
believe
but
claim (to claim)
coming (to come)
council
daybreak
God
hand
he
high (high, higher, highest, highly)
I
if
in
including (to included)
is (to be)
Jesus = a man’s name
law
leader
leading (to lead)
led (to lead)
man (men)
me
Messiah = a title of Jesus
of
people (person)
place
power
priest
question
religious (religious, more, most religious, religiously)
replied (to reply)
right
said (to say)
saying (to say)
shouted (to shout)
sitting (to sit)
son
soon
teacher
tell (to tell)
that
the
then
they
this
time
to answer
to ask
to assemble
to be
to claim
to come
to include
to lead
to reply
to say
to shout
to sit
to tell
us
was (to be)
when
will
won't (= will not)
you