Places
Caesarea in Matthew 16
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This place shows up in Matthew 16:13: “Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Matthew 16:13
“Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?””
What kids can learn
When you hear caesarea in Matthew, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Matthew 16:13 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Matthew 16:13
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
NowJesuscamethepartsofCaesareaheaskedhisdisciples,saying,“WhodomensaythatI,theSonofMan,am?”