Places
Nineveh in Matthew 12
NIN-uh-vuh
This place shows up in Matthew 12:41: “The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah;…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Matthew 12:41
“The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.”
What kids can learn
When you hear nineveh in Matthew, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Matthew 12:41 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Matthew 12:41
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThemenofNinevehstandupinthejudgmentthisgeneration,andcondemnit,fortheyrepentedatthepreachingofJonah;andbehold,someonegreaterthanJonahishere.