{"id":2853,"date":"2024-05-24T19:03:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/jesus-manger-meaning\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:36:20","slug":"jesus-manger-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/jesus-manger-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"\u306a\u305c\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u306f\u98fc\u3044\u8449\u6876\u3067\u304a\u751f\u307e\u308c\u306b\u306a\u3063\u305f\u306e\u304b\u3002\u305d\u3057\u3066\u98fc\u3044\u8449\u6876\u3068\u306f\u4f55\u304b\uff1f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>A manger is a feeding trough for animals, the box or hollowed stone that held hay and grain for oxen and donkeys. Jesus lay in one because there was nowhere else to lay him: Luke says Mary &quot;wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn&quot; (Luke 2:7). That is the first reason, and Luke does not leave it there. The same night an angel appears to shepherds\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? 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Luke says Mary laid Jesus in one because there was no room in the inn, and the angel made it the shepherds&#039; sign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-2853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20952,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/age-appropriate-christmas-story-kids\/","url_meta":{"origin":2853,"position":0},"title":"How to Tell the Christmas Story to Kids, Age by Age","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"11\u6708 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Read Luke 2 aloud. 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