People
Philip in Mark 6
FIL-ip
This person shows up in Mark 6:17: “For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Mark 6:17
“For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.”
What kids can learn
When you hear philip in Mark, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Mark 6:17 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Mark 6:17
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ForHerodhimselfhadoutandarrestedJohn,andboundhiminprisonforthesakeofHerodias,hisPhilip’swife,forhehadher.