{"id":20953,"date":"2024-11-28T13:04:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T13:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20953"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:23:22","slug":"who-were-the-shepherds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/who-were-the-shepherds\/","title":{"rendered":"\u964d\u8a95\u306e\u7f8a\u98fc\u3044\u305f\u3061\u306f\u8ab0\u3060\u3063\u305f\u306e\u304b\uff1f\u30d9\u30c4\u30ec\u30d8\u30e0\u8fd1\u90ca\u3067\u5929\u4f7f\u304b\u3089\u544a\u3052\u3089\u308c\u305f\u4eba\u3005"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The shepherds were men who kept sheep in the fields around Bethlehem, and on the night Jesus was born an angel of the Lord came to them with the news. Luke gives no names and no number, only &quot;shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night&quot; (Luke 2:8). They were the first to be told. God gave the news of his Son first to men at work through the night, before any king or ruler had\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shepherds were men keeping sheep near Bethlehem. An angel of the Lord told them Jesus was born, and they went, saw and told (Luke 2:8\u201320).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20935,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/jesus-born-bethlehem-prophecy\/","url_meta":{"origin":20953,"position":0},"title":"Why Was Jesus Born in Bethlehem? 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