{"id":47671,"date":"2016-03-17T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=47671"},"modified":"2022-05-27T19:06:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T00:06:58","slug":"what-does-it-mean-that-jesus-hid-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-does-it-mean-that-jesus-hid-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"What does it mean that Jesus hid himself?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>John 8:59 speaks about Jesus being hidden, what does this mean?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>Most likely that he blended in with the crowd and prevented people from noticing him.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: John 8:59 speaks about Jesus being hidden, what does this mean? 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