There really isn't a lot of trees and wood near Jerusalem...
2006-09-20 10:27:31 · 21 answers · asked by Spookshow Baby 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-09-20 10:36:07 · update #1
How freaky would that have been if he made the cross he was nailed too?! lol
2006-09-20 10:37:58 · answer #1 · answered by ηιgнт ѕтαя 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOVE the way these Christians suddenly KNOW that Jesus the carpenter only made household furnishings, probably with a sideline in soft toys and cotton candy...
Crucifixion was a Roman form of execution, but like any occupying army, they used local tradesmen for what they needed. Just as they didn't bring their own food in from Rome rather than buy it from local farmers, so it made more sense to use local craftsmen to supply their needs. It is therefore EXTREMELY likely that crosses were made by local Judean craftsmen because they were easy to make and when it was a matter of nailing up the occasional theif (a lot of people met their deaths on crosses before Jesus), why would a carpenter like Jesus care?
I'd say the main answer to that question rests on the possibility that Jesus Christ was probably a local nuisance who resisted the Roman occupation, and so might not wish to collaborate with the occupiers. But this is speculation. Historically it can be argued quite strongly that a carpenter would make anything he was asked to make out of wood - tables, planking, coffins and crosses. He could not have known that was how he would be executed.
2006-09-20 18:13:52 · answer #2 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably not. First of all, Crosses were often reused many times, like a gallows, so there was not a great demand for them. secondly, the Aramaic word translated "carpenter" would probably be more accurately translated "Housebuilder." During early English translations this was often interpreted as being someone who made wood houses, a carpenter, but with the archaeological evidence that we now have about the conditions in Jesus' society, it is more likely that he was closer to a mason because wood was not a major construction material.
2006-09-20 17:36:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you are misinterpreting the Bible. Jesus wasn't a carpenter, he was the drummer for easy-listening music group of the 1960s and 1970s "The Carpenter's" formed by Richard and Karen Carpenter. That was of course before he got kicked out of the group for partaking in the sacramental wine a little too much.
2006-09-20 17:40:25 · answer #4 · answered by Pogo 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The cross was taken a sign for Christianity after Jesus was moved to heaven by God..And Jerusalim and the land of Palestine is fertile with plenty of trees and fruit..
The Muslims brought Lemon and orange to Europe when they ruled Spain and they brought their seeds from Palestine, Syria and Egypt..
The Arab world is not just a huge desert as you imagine.
2006-09-20 17:39:47 · answer #5 · answered by mido 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The translation would more accurately be "someone who works with their hands." Carpenter is the traditional assumption, but it is more likely that he was a stone mason or something along those lines.
2006-09-20 17:32:53 · answer #6 · answered by scifiguy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that was the trade of the Romans, their way of dispensing punishment.
Jesus was a carpenter of household items.
2006-09-20 17:31:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No..the Romans sub-contracted their cross manufacture to the Greeks...
2006-09-20 17:31:47 · answer #8 · answered by woofan60 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus wasn't from Jerusalem. He was from Galilee.
2006-09-20 17:30:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The use of crosses was a Roman thing.
2006-09-20 17:37:48 · answer #10 · answered by Rance D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋