People
Barnabas in Acts 14
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This person shows up in Acts 14:12: “They called Barnabas “Jupiter”, and Paul “Mercury”, because he was the chief speaker.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Acts 14:12
“They called Barnabas “Jupiter”, and Paul “Mercury”, because he was the chief speaker.”
What kids can learn
When you hear barnabas in Acts, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Acts 14:12 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Acts 14:12
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theycalled“Jupiter”,andPaul“Mercury”,hewasthechief