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\"James<\/p>\n

The above photo was kindly taken by Ryan Eller on the recent trip I led to Israel. He gave me the strangest look when I told him that you never know when a photo of oneself exiting a first-century tomb will come in handy. The tomb in the photo is a replica at the Nazareth Village open air museum. When I shared the photo on Facebook, I got some funny comments, among which one that suggested I should get out of the way and let Jesus come forth. Hence the title of this post.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The above photo was kindly taken by Ryan Eller on the recent trip I led to Israel. He gave me the strangest look when I told him that you never know when a photo of oneself exiting a first-century tomb will come in handy. The tomb in the photo is a replica at the Nazareth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[5431,5677,7951,10276,12722],"class_list":["post-25380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-israel-travel","tag-israel-travel","tag-jesus","tag-nazareth-village","tag-resurrection","tag-tomb"],"yoast_head":"\nIn Jesus' Way<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The above photo was kindly taken by Ryan Eller on the recent trip I led to Israel. 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