Places
Caesarea in Acts 23
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This place shows up in Acts 23:23: “He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Acts 23:23
“He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.””
What kids can learn
When you hear caesarea in Acts, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Acts 23:23 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Acts 23:23
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hecalledtohimselftwoofthecenturions,andsaid,“PreparetwosoldierstogoasfarasCaesarea,seventyhorsemen,andtwohundredmenarmedspears,atthethirdhourofthenight.”