Places
Gethsemane in Matthew 26
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This place shows up in Matthew 26:36: “Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go there and pray.”” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Matthew 26:36
“Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go there and pray.””
What kids can learn
When you hear gethsemane in Matthew, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Matthew 26:36 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Matthew 26:36
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThenJesusthemtoaplaceGethsemane,andsaidtohisdisciples,“Sithere,whileIgothereandpray.”