Places
Nazareth in Matthew 2
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This place shows up in Matthew 2:23: “and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Matthew 2:23
“and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.””
What kids can learn
When you hear nazareth in Matthew, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Matthew 2:23 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Matthew 2:23
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
andcameandinacalledNazareth;itmightbefulfilledwhichwasspokenthroughtheprophets:“HewillbecalledaNazarene.”