Places
Capernaum in Matthew 17
kuh-PER-nay-um
This place shows up in Matthew 17:24: “When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?”” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Matthew 17:24
“When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?””
What kids can learn
When you hear capernaum in Matthew, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Matthew 17:24 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Matthew 17:24
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
WhentheyhadcometoCapernaum,thosewhothedidrachmacoinscametoPeter,andsaid,teacherpaythedidrachma?”