Animals
whale in Matthew 12
WAYL
This creature shows up in Matthew 12:40: “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Matthew 12:40
“For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”
What kids can learn
When you hear whale in Matthew, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Matthew 12:40 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Matthew 12:40
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ForasJonahwasthreedaysandnightsintheofthewhale,sowilltheSonofManbethreedaysandthreeintheheartoftheearth.