Places
Galilee in Matthew 2
GAL-ih-lee
This place shows up in Matthew 2:22: “But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Matthew 2:22
“But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,”
What kids can learn
When you hear galilee in Matthew, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Matthew 2:22 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Matthew 2:22
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ButwhenheheardthatArchelauswasreigningoverintheplaceofhisfather,Herod,hewasafraidtogothere.warnedinadream,hewithdrewintotheregionof