People
Timothy in Acts 16
TIM-oh-thee
This person shows up in Acts 16:1: “He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Acts 16:1
“He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.”
What kids can learn
When you hear timothy in Acts, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Acts 16:1 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Acts 16:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
HecametoDerbeandLystra:andbehold,acertaindisciplewasnamedthesonofaJewesswhobelieved;buthiswasaGreek.