Places
Siloam in Luke 13
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This place shows up in Luke 13:4: “Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Luke 13:4
“Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?”
What kids can learn
When you hear siloam in Luke, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Luke 13:4 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Luke 13:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Orthoseeighteen,onwhomthetowerinSiloamfell,andkilleddoyouthinkthattheyworseoffendersthanallthemenwhodwellin