People
Bartimaeus in Mark 10
bar-tih-MEE-us
This person shows up in Mark 10:46: “They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Mark 10:46
“They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.”
What kids can learn
When you hear bartimaeus in Mark, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Mark 10:46 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Mark 10:46
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
TheycametoJericho.AshewentoutfromJericho,withhisdisciplesandagreatmultitude,thesonofabeggar,wassittingbytheroad.