Watch and Discuss:

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

1. What kinds of landscape do you see at the start of the clip?
2. Describe what Paul was wearing in the clip.
3. How did some of the people react when Paul said his name?
4. Who was taller, Paul or the young man he spoke with?
5. Why did the people change their minds about Paul?

Listening Practice:

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

Narrator: from Jerusalem, the disciples become missionaries- - spreading the of a new faith far and wide. No one goes than Paul. He converts hundreds across the Mediterranean.

Man: Thank you.

Narrator: But his life as a persecutor him.

Paul: Paul of Tarsus.

Luke: We know who you are.

Woman: That's him.

Paul: I mean you no .

Luke: I have friends in Damascus. You paid them a visit. You meant them of harm.

Paul: I've changed. I was blind. Now I can see.

Woman: .

Paul: I did what I did because I was certain I was right, that I knew what God wanted as you are now. But then Jesus came to me, not in righteous anger or in judgement, but in love.

And without love, we are nothing.

Love is patient. Love is kind.

It is not . It does not . It is not proud. It keeps no records of wrongs.

It, it, it with the truth. It all things. It believes all things. It hopes all things. It all things.

When everything else disappears, faith, hope and love remain. But the greatest of these is love.

What is your name?

Luke: Luke.

Paul: Come with me, Luke. I can't do this .

Vocabulary Exercises: Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right.
(Definitions and examples from: Heinle’s Newbury House Dictionary of American English. http://nhd.heinle.com/Home.aspx)

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

1. He is such a that you can’t believe a word he says.
2. He is by the memory of the accident and thinks about it every time he drives.
3. He lives . He is not married,
4. The children when they heard that school was over for the summer.
5. The high price of housing in the city has people to live in rural areas.
6. She is of her friend’s new condo.
7. The little boy about how strong he was.
8. Great music for hundreds of years.

Discussion questions: Discuss these questions in your group.

1. How did the persecution of believers in Jesus in Jerusalem turn out to be beneficial?
2. According to what he said, why did Paul persecute the early believers in Jesus?
3. What caused Paul to change his mind about Jesus?
4. What important truth about God did Paul learn from Jesus?
5. This well-known passage in the Bible about love was written by Paul. Why is that surprising?
6. “Without love, we are nothing”, what do you think this means?
7. What part of the “Love is…” passage do you like the most?
8. What part of the “Love is…” passage do you find the most difficult to practice?