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The Jerusalem Sinner Saved
The Jerusalem Sinner Saved

Chapter II

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But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?
Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?
But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.
Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.
Is not this amazing grace?
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The Jerusalem Sinner Saved

Chapter II

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?
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Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?
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But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.
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Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.
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Is not this amazing grace?

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.”

Second noun US /second/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.”

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?”

Think noun US /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?”

Told noun US /told/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

all

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From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

amazing

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From this reading Is not this amazing grace?

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

begin

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From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?

Christ

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From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

clause

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From this reading But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?

commission

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From this reading But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?

deal

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From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

denial

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From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

grace

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From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

Jerusalem

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From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

man

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From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

men

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From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

moment

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From this reading But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?

offer

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From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

offered

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From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

once

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From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

particular

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From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

particularly

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From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

Peter

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From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

rejection

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From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

repulse

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From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

second

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From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

see

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From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

sinners

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From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

there

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From this reading But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

thinknounUS /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?

thrice

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From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

thus

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From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

toldnounUS /told/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading But, as I told you, this is not all; these Jerusalem sinners must have this offer again and again; every one of them must be offered it over and over.

twice

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From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading But was there not something of moment in this clause of the commission?

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Christ would not take their first rejection for a denial, nor their second repulse for a denial; but he will have grace offered once, and twice, and thrice, to these Jerusalem sinners.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Did not Peter, think you, see a great deal in it, that he should thus begin with these men, and thus offer, so particularly, this grace to each particular man of them?