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The First Easter
The First Easter

Chapter I

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IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.
Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.
To suffer was to have a claim upon Him.
He had not used His supernatural powers for His own benefit, but for the good of others.
He employed them freely, helping, comforting, healing, blessing, wherever He went.
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The First Easter

Chapter I

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.
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Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.
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To suffer was to have a claim upon Him.
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He had not used His supernatural powers for His own benefit, but for the good of others.
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He employed them freely, helping, comforting, healing, blessing, wherever He went.

Learner Dictionary

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

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He had not used His supernatural powers for His own benefit, but for the good of others.”

Hands plural noun US /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading “Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “To suffer was to have a claim upon Him.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.”

Passed noun US /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.”

Powers noun US /powers/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He had not used His supernatural powers for His own benefit, but for the good of others.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.”

Understand noun US /understand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “To suffer was to have a claim upon Him.”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He employed them freely, helping, comforting, healing, blessing, wherever He went.”

Wherever conjunction US /weˈrevər/

in or to any place at all

From this reading “He employed them freely, helping, comforting, healing, blessing, wherever He went.”

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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 To suffer was to have a claim upon Him.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.

appreciate

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

benefit

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From this reading He had not used His supernatural powers for His own benefit, but for the good of others.

better

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

Blessed

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

blessing

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From this reading He employed them freely, helping, comforting, healing, blessing, wherever He went.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

Christmas

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

claim

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From this reading To suffer was to have a claim upon Him.

comforting

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From this reading He employed them freely, helping, comforting, healing, blessing, wherever He went.

day

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

Easter

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

employed

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From this reading He employed them freely, helping, comforting, healing, blessing, wherever He went.

everywhere

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From this reading Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.

FirstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading He had not used His supernatural powers for His own benefit, but for the good of others.

freely

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From this reading He employed them freely, helping, comforting, healing, blessing, wherever He went.

glorious

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He had not used His supernatural powers for His own benefit, but for the good of others.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.

handsplural nounUS /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.

hard

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading To suffer was to have a claim upon Him.

HepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading He had not used His supernatural powers for His own benefit, but for the good of others.

healing

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From this reading He employed them freely, helping, comforting, healing, blessing, wherever He went.

helping

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From this reading He employed them freely, helping, comforting, healing, blessing, wherever He went.

HimpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading To suffer was to have a claim upon Him.

HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.

human

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From this reading Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

Jesus

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

LifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

mercy

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From this reading Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.

much

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading He had not used His supernatural powers for His own benefit, but for the good of others.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

others

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From this reading He had not used His supernatural powers for His own benefit, but for the good of others.

out

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From this reading Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.

own

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From this reading He had not used His supernatural powers for His own benefit, but for the good of others.

passednounUS /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.

pity

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From this reading Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.

powersnounUS /powers/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He had not used His supernatural powers for His own benefit, but for the good of others.

review

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

significance

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

somewhat

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

story

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

stretching

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From this reading Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.

suffer

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From this reading To suffer was to have a claim upon Him.

supernatural

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From this reading He had not used His supernatural powers for His own benefit, but for the good of others.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading He employed them freely, helping, comforting, healing, blessing, wherever He went.

there

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From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

understandnounUS /understand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading To suffer was to have a claim upon Him.

used

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From this reading He had not used His supernatural powers for His own benefit, but for the good of others.

uttering

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From this reading Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading To suffer was to have a claim upon Him.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading IN the story of The First Easter, as in the story of The First Christmas, there is much that is hard to understand, but if we review somewhat the Blessed Life of Jesus, we shall better appreciate the glorious significance of the day.

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He employed them freely, helping, comforting, healing, blessing, wherever He went.

whereverconjunctionUS /weˈrevər/

in or to any place at all

From this reading He employed them freely, helping, comforting, healing, blessing, wherever He went.

words

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From this reading Jesus had passed through His human life, everywhere uttering words of pity, and stretching out hands of mercy.