Book
Tell Me the Story – Book 8: To the Ends of the Earth
New Testament Stories from Acts 13 to Revelation
Book 8 of 9 in Tell Me the Story·Next in the series: Tell Me the Story – Book 9: Songs and Wise Words
- 22 chapters
- 50 min read
- Accessible Reading difficulty
- Ages 6–10
Free to read·No account needed
Introduction: A Light for Every Nation
About this book
Tell Me the Story is an original Ochorus storybook Bible for children aged 6 to 10, in eight books and three parts: Old Testament Stories, The Life of Jesus, and New Testament Stories. God is the hero of every story, and the whole Bible is one story that leads to Jesus.
Book 8, “To the Ends of the Earth”, is the last book of the series. It follows Paul from Lystra to Rome through Acts 13–28, with its riots, prisons, storm and shipwreck; opens four of the letters, to Timothy, to Philemon about the runaway Onesimus, on what love is like and on the armour of God; and ends with John’s vision in Revelation of a new heaven and a new earth, where the tree of life from the first garden stands again by the river of life.
The stories stay close to what the Bible says, in simple words. Paul’s beatings and stoning are told gently, and Revelation is kept to its plain heart: Jesus is King, and God will make all things new. Each story takes about four minutes to read aloud, and under each are three questions to talk about together, with answers for the grown-up reading along. The earlier books are not required.
Paul and Barnabas travelled from town to town, telling people about Jesus. One day they came to a town called Lystra. In Lystra there was a man who had never walked in his whole life. He had been born that way. He sat listening to Paul speak about Jesus. Paul looked straight at him, and saw that he had faith to be healed.
Contents
- 1 Introduction: A Light for Every Nation 2 min
- 2 Mistaken for Gods 2 min
- 3 Lydia by the River 2 min
- 4 Singing at Midnight 2 min
- 5 To an Unknown God 3 min
- 6 Priscilla and Aquila 2 min
- 7 The Riot at Ephesus 2 min
- 8 The Boy Who Fell Asleep 2 min
- 9 Goodbye at Miletus 2 min
- 10 Seized in the Temple 2 min
- 11 Paul’s Nephew 2 min
- 12 Before the King 3 min
- 13 The Great Storm 2 min
- 14 Shipwreck! 2 min
- 15 The Snake on Malta 2 min
- 16 Rome at Last 2 min
- 17 Don’t Let Anyone Look Down on You 2 min
- 18 The Runaway Slave 2 min
- 19 What Love Is Like 2 min
- 20 The Armour of God 2 min
- 21 John on Patmos 3 min
- 22 All Things New 3 min
Questions and Answers
Which stories are in Book 8 of Tell Me the Story?
Twenty-one stories: Paul and Barnabas mistaken for gods, Lydia, Paul and Silas singing in prison, the unknown god in Athens, Priscilla and Aquila, the riot at Ephesus, Eutychus, goodbye at Miletus, Paul seized in the temple, Paul's nephew, Paul before King Agrippa, the storm, the shipwreck, the snake on Malta, Rome, Timothy, Onesimus, what love is like, the armour of God, John on Patmos, and all things new.
Is this the last book of Tell Me the Story?
Yes. It finishes the New Testament Stories and the whole series. Its last story, from Revelation 21–22, ends where the first book began: with God and His people together, and the tree of life from the garden standing again in the city of God.
Does it include any of Paul's letters?
Yes, four of them, each told as a story: Paul's letters to young Timothy, his letter to Philemon about the runaway slave Onesimus, his words on love in 1 Corinthians 13, and the armour of God in Ephesians 6.
How is the book of Revelation told for young children?
Simply, keeping to its plain heart. One story tells of John seeing the risen Jesus on Patmos, and the other of the new heaven and new earth, with no more tears, death or pain. The book says that parts of Revelation are mysterious and full of pictures, and does not try to explain them.
Do I need to read the earlier books first?
No. Each book stands on its own, and Book 8 begins with a short introduction. Children who have read the whole series will see the last story tie back to the first: the garden, the curse and the tree of life.
Which Bible translation does it use?
Every verse quoted with its reference is word for word from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), which is in the public domain.
More like this
Cite this book
Copy a citation in the style you need.
- MLA
- Ochorus Originals. Tell Me the Story – Book 8: To the Ends of the Earth. 2026. Ochorus, https://ochorus.com/books/tell-me-the-story-8/.
- Chicago
- Ochorus Originals. Tell Me the Story – Book 8: To the Ends of the Earth. 2026. Reprint, Ochorus. https://ochorus.com/books/tell-me-the-story-8/.
- Chicago footnote
- Ochorus Originals, Tell Me the Story – Book 8: To the Ends of the Earth (2026; repr., Ochorus), https://ochorus.com/books/tell-me-the-story-8/.
- BibTeX
- @book{ochorusoriginals2026tell, author = {{Ochorus Originals}}, title = {{Tell Me the Story – Book 8: To the Ends of the Earth}}, year = {2026}, publisher = {Ochorus}, url = {https://ochorus.com/books/tell-me-the-story-8/} }