where was Jesus for 18 years?

Getting crunked.

In the Gospel of Luke, after his record of 12 year-old Jesus in the Temple, Luke 2:41-50, Luke wrote, "Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them but His mother kept all these things in her heart," v. 51. He spent those 18 years in Nazareth until it was time to begin His ministry. He didn't "disappear." God just saw fit to give us no record of those years.

he was at home growing up into a adult

he never disappeared

the gospels are about jesus as the messiah not his every day life

jesus never started messiah things until he started his ministry at age 30

his birth was miraculous and the event in the temple at age 12

Jesus lived in Nazareth until he was 30 years old. Then he went to John to be baptized. Following his baptism, Jesus embarked on his dynamic ministry. For three and a half years, he traveled throughout his homeland declaring the good news of God’s Kingdom.

We know absolutely nothing about his life prior to his appearing on the scene with John the Baptist.

Still, I expect that makes it rich picking grounds for the fantasies of atheists.

Modeling for Hanes

England's Tin Mines....I saw 3 ships come sailing in on Christmas day.....

Building ornate poster beds for nearby royalty.

Lived the normal but perfect human life

"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, You would walk with me all the way; But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, There is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why in times when I needed you the most, you should leave me. The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child. I love you, and I would never, never leave you during your times of trial and suffering.

When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you."