Places
Thessalonica in Acts 27
thess-uh-luh-NYE-kuh
This place shows up in Acts 27:2: “Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Acts 27:2
“Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.”
What kids can learn
When you hear thessalonica in Acts, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Acts 27:2 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Acts 27:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
EmbarkinginashipofAdramyttium,whichwastosailtoonthecoastofAsia,weputtosea;Aristarchus,aMacedonianofbeingwithus.