Watch and Discuss:

Background Information to today's lesson: In the previous lesson, we saw the birth of the Christian church as God gave His Holy Spirit to empower Jesus’s followers. As they joyfully told the story of Jesus, thousands in Jerusalem believed. Then, by the power of God’s Spirit, and in the Name of Jesus, Peter healed a lame beggar at the entrance to the Temple. This caused so much disturbance in the city that the Jewish leaders ordered the Temple guards to arrest Peter, and John.

As you watch, take notes and be prepared to answer the following questions after you watch the video:

1. How many people were arrested and brought to Caiaphas, the high priest?
2. Before Jesus died, Peter was afraid of the Jewish leaders, does he seem afraid in this clip?
3. Describe some of the people you see listening to the young man talk.
4. Describe the man who got very angry?
5. What happened to the young man?

Listening Practice:

Watch the video clip again and fill in the missing words from the dropdown box:

Malchus: This way. There. Sit down. Get . Don't move.

Caiaphas: How many have they turned today?

Malchus: We think, 5000.

Caiaphas: 5000, 5000. Tell me, why did you think it would be acceptable to preach in the name of a dead heretic?

Peter: Jesus isn't dead. He lives.

Caiaphas: He was . He is dead.

Peter: This man walks today only through the power of Jesus Christ.

Caiaphas: Really?

Malchus: He has been since birth?

Caiaphas: Yes. I see. You are not to speak of this beggar or your dead Messiah from this moment on.

Peter: It is the truth. We have a to speak it.

Caiaphas: Duty? Duty? I have a duty to our temple, to our nation, to our God! I also have the law. I have the power, and I have you here. You will be silent, or you will be . Take them away.

Malchus: Right, come on!

John: We are not afraid of death.

Stephen: Be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ. You can all be for the forgiveness of your sins. He was , but he rose from the dead!

Saul: Impossible! Don't listen to him.

Stephen: Why do you Jesus? He is your Saviour, the way to everlasting life!

Saul: Jesus is dead! And you'll go the same way. Blasphemer!

Stephen: No! Jesus is alive. They tried to kill him, but they . He is a true prophet. Our Messiah!

Saul: What do you know about the ? Your prophet put himself above the law. This boy knows nothing.

Stephen: I know the !

Saul: Really? Then you'll know Deuteronomy. “Because he sought to you away from the Lord, your God, your hand shall be the first against him, and you shall him with stones until he dies!”

Stephen: I see the opening and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.

Vocabulary Exercises: Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right.
(Definitions and examples adapted from: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english)

Choose a word from the previous exercise to complete each sentence: (Hint: you may need to change the form of some words.)

1. Local government leaders have a to serve the people in their community.
2. You can try to your little son to eat by offering him some of his favorite food.
3. Four tall trees stretched up to the .
4. They believe we should calls for tighter controls on social media use.
5. A bicycle accident left him slightly .
6. He was by the angry look on his girlfriend’s face.
7. He is not to stay out late during the school year.
8. I paid off the debts left by our business.

Discussion questions: Discuss these questions in your group.

1. What did Caiaphas mean when he asked Malchus, “How many have they turned today?”
2. Describe Caiaphas’s opinion of Jesus. Why did He not want Peter and John to speak about Him?
3. How long had the beggar been lame?
4. What had changed, why were Peter and John so courageous at this time?
5. What threat did Caiaphas make to Peter and John?
6. Who was Stephen?
7. Who was Saul and why did he quote words from Moses’s book of Deuteronomy?
8. How did Stephen die and who did Stephen see just before he died?