What Kind Of Carpenter Was Jesus?

Question

I'm just wondering.

My father built houses for a living and I can build a house from the ground up. But even the better, more skilled craftsmen make an occasional mistake.

Was Jesus a perfect carpenter? Or did He occasionally cut a stud too short or split molding? Or did He ever smash His own thumb while holding a nail He was hammering in? And if so did He feel the pain? Did He cuss?

Just something silly to think about this evening.

To some of you taking offense here, please don't. This is not an anti-Jesus question. I'm right with Jesus. I also want to believe that just maybe Jesus doesn't mind a little good-hearted humor now and then.

Answer 1

Jesus was the son (or technically step-son, as God was his father) of a carpenter, so as a teenager he probably learned the trade as was the culture of the time. The Bible is silent on Jesus' life from about the age of 12 until the start of His ministry at age 30. I suspect he didn't do a lot of carpentry though.

Answer 2

If I had to guess, I would say he was a foreman. You know, the guy that sits on the camel never doing a damn thing except occasionally yelling out "Work Faster!" or "OK, the plans have changed."
He thinks he is the master of everything, but really he knows nothing. When he has his back turned all the real carpenters laugh at him and call him an idiot. Then they do things right instead of the way Jesus told them to do, but of course, Jesus takes the credit when its done.

BTW, any carpenter will tell you that Jesus could not have had nails in his hands....that would never hold over one hundred pounds of dead weight. Not unless you found a stud and anchored the nails....which I doubt they took the time to do. No one ever does.

Answer 3

Nice to have a little humor here. Great question and thanks for it.

In my opinion Jesus must have been a great one, for He said, On this foundation [rock] I will build my church. OK! I do accept that He did not say if He would be the laborer or if he would hire workers.

I liked tour question for I hope it make some of these church definers think about what is the real church and what kind of carpenter was meant by the fact that Jesus was a carpenter. Did he mean to work with wood? Did he mean that really men are trees or wood? Did he mean he was going to build a building or have a building built here in this world that does exist today?

Again I do thank you for the great thought and the humor. Have a great day.

Answer 4

Pls respect Jesus.... being a carpenter is an art. It is not silly, Jesus actually died on the cross for us...which means he had nails put in his hands. Pls have some respect the Lord.. Of course Jesus made mistakes we all do, the point is what is the point in this odd question.

Answer 5

No, I don't expect that his carpentry was 'perfect" - he was man and men (and women-no gender thing) aren't perfect. However, his spirit was God, as is all of ours (although it's not as close or evident on a daily basis) and THAT was what he was trying to tell us.

The ten penny nail that he may have hit wrong will not go down into the history books-but the spirit that he had and his example lives for over 2000 years. Can you name ONE individual whose example in life has lived longer or known as much? There is Buhda-who goes by the same peaceful concepts, there is Confusious who protrays the same peaceful method of 'higher realm' but Jesus was the only human with God spirit-the HUMAN side of him was apt to make mistakes- but the Spirit of God within Him was beyond reproach. Guess we're a little bit of both, huh?

Answer 6

I'm cerain Jesus was JUST like your father... in fact... your father may very well be Jesus! Christ has come again and he's your dad! How COOL is that? To think, Jesus Christ is your dad... who occasionally cuts a stud to short and splits molding... and smashes his own thumb while holding a nail... and I'm certain your Father felt pain... just ask him, "O, hold Father, did thou fealest pain whenst thee smacked thy finger?"
And boy oh boy, did He cuss! "JESUS F'N CHRIST!" is what He said... Of course, don't leave out the part where your Father, Jesus Christ, goes to work with his tool belt pulling his britched down exposing his butt crack.... and he occasionally sticks his pencil in the crack... God Bless him.....

Answer 7

Here is a silly answer who cares about the carpentry part anyways besides somebody that likes to make absurd question and waste points posting them. Jesus was best known as a Savior not a laborer.

Answer 8

I saw a show that said Jesus was actually more of a stone mason than a wood carpenter.

Answer 9

Cuss? no

Feel pain? Of course. He felt the pain as a human, just as he felt the pain on the cross.

Perfect carpenter? I don't know, but I bet he was the best.

Answer 10

Jesus could not feel the pain of a human, because Jesus didn't sin, and part of the pain is sinning.