Places
Judea in Luke 1
joo-DEE-uh
This place shows up in Luke 1:5: “There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Luke 1:5
“There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.”
What kids can learn
When you hear judea in Luke, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Luke 1:5 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Luke 1:5
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
TherewasinthedaysofHerod,theofJudea,apriestnamedZacharias,ofthepriestlydivisionofAbijah.HehadawifeofthedaughtersofandhernamewasElizabeth.