Places
Capernaum in Matthew 8
kuh-PER-nay-um
This place shows up in Matthew 8:5: “When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Matthew 8:5
“When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,”
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 8:5 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Matthew 8:5
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
hecameCapernaum,acenturioncametohim,him,