The Star in the East
A star, a child and a worried king: men from the east come to Jerusalem looking for a king who was just born. Read the story of the wise men in English with a dozen words.
The words in this story
12 words you will really use: they appear in the Story and in the exercises, and come back in Review in the following Units.
star
noun
king
noun
child
noun
man
noun
gold
noun
bear
verb
say
verb
see
verb
be
verb
come
verb
go
verb
make
verb
Original verse
The verse that closes the Unit, in the text of the World English Bible. After three lessons, this is how you read it, with no retelling.
Matthew 2:2 · WEB
“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”
What a Unit looks like
First the whole Story, retold in simple English with sentence-by-sentence audio. Then three short lessons, each with a slice of the story, a Tip and exercises. At the end, the Original verse and the Celebration.
- História · 18 frases, tradução ao toque, 3 checagens sem XP
- 3 lições · um trecho, uma Dica e exercícios em cada uma
- Versículo original · o texto da Bíblia sem reconto · próxima história
Questions about this story
Which Bible passage is this lesson based on?
Matthew 2:1 to 12, in the World English Bible: the wise men and the star.
How many new English words will I learn?
Six words and six past-tense verbs, all from the story.
Do I need to know any English?
No. This is the first unit of level A1.
Will I read the real Bible verse?
Yes: at the end you read Matthew 2:2 with the words you learned highlighted.
How long does it take?
About twenty minutes: the story, three short lessons and the verse.
More stories in the Course
More stories from the New Testament Course, in canonical order.
