People
John in Matthew 3
JON
This person shows up in Matthew 3:1: “In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Matthew 3:1
“In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,”
What kids can learn
When you hear john in Matthew, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Matthew 3:1 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Matthew 3:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Indays,theBaptizercame,preachinginthewildernessofsaying,