Is it likely even true that he was a carpenter?
2007-10-12 04:50:02 · 17 answers · asked by srsly 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jewish men were required to learn a trade as they were growing up and the majority of them took the trade of their fathers. Joseph (Jesus' earthly "father") was a carpenter and since Jesus was being raised to be the ultimate example/sacrifice to us, for Him to have refused to learn a trade would've made Him subject to the penalty of the law, therefore rendering Him incapable of being a pure sacrifice due to His sin of slothfulness. He was indeed a carpenter of irony....He was born with His hands in wood and he DIED with His hands in wood.....
2007-10-12 06:32:24 · answer #1 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dear friend,
The Bible nowhere says He was a carpenter and it no where says He did carpentry.
The closest statement is a question;"Is not this the carpenter.?" Maria's husband Joseph was a carpenter we are told.Having said this it also could be very well true that He did help Joseph with carpentry and did learn the trade.It certainly would have been a very good thing to do.
2007-10-12 05:09:19 · answer #2 · answered by Don Verto 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jesus grow to be no longer a chippie. He grow to be the son of a chippie. Jesus grow to be a fisherman. no longer in common terms a "Fisher of adult adult males". Ever observe lots of the miracles could desire to do with water or fish. extra, look at all the time Jesus spends with disciples on Peter's father's boat? The carpentry difficulty is a properly-cherished delusion. actual he and the disciples have been fishermen.
2016-12-14 15:35:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly because part of the reason he was sent was to live as we lived...working, especially with his hands (physical labor) allowed him to experience what it meant to be human. By working as a carpenter, he learned what it meant to be tired, how it felt to create something with your own hands. I know that I get some kind of spiritual satisfaction from carpentry and other similar types of work...something I don't get from other types of work that I do.
Why carpentry specifically...because his father (his earthly father that is) was a carpenter...apprenticeship was the most common method of job training at the time...most men of the time learned a trade or other profession from their father.
2007-10-12 05:03:18 · answer #4 · answered by KAL 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a carpenter because Joseph was a carpenter. And it was NOT a lucrative trade. Wood was scarce in all of Israel. How much could a carpenter hope to profit when his raw material was so prized?
2007-10-12 05:47:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Jesus was a carpenter until He was 30 years old.
2007-10-12 05:11:23 · answer #6 · answered by tim 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was common for fathers to teach their trade to their sons. Jesus' adoptive father Joseph was a carpenter, and he taught Jesus the trade. And Jesus learnt the trade so well that he was called, not "the son of the carpenter", but "the carpenter." (Mark 6:3)
2007-10-12 05:28:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus lived the example for us to follow. In birth life death and resurrection. To ask if he was ever a carpenter is like asking if Hitler was ever really in the German army before the formation of the Nazi party. Sort of silly no?
MoOO! †
2007-10-12 05:02:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You would have figured that being a stone mason would have been a better career path.
2007-10-12 04:59:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think the story was told that way so people might relate to that character more than just being the 'son of god'. Good book for fiction... I like historical novels myself.
2007-10-12 04:54:46 · answer #10 · answered by davelibby321 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋