Murl Johnson of Detroit Michigan wrote: Not necessarily he was a labor who worked with his hands, he spoke mostly of farm tools, and building things, they live in the dessert where wood was hard to come! Cedar wood have to transported from Lebanon! this is my thought! Translation perhaps got a little mixed up when translated from Greek to English.
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Rachel Phillips
Mar 02, 2022
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Thank you Murl for sharing your comments
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Rachel Phillips
Mar 02, 2022
Yes Jesus was according to Mark 6:3. Is not this the Carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Jo'-ses, And if Juda, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.The Greek word " tecton" to mean carpenter. It is more aptly describing a "contractor" as a "builder" or " handyman".In today terms. We might call him ."Mr Fix it". If you had something that needed mended, fixed, designed or built.Jesus would be the guy to call on. He also might be the guy to call upon when business is slow. It could also refer to each things as designing bridges, stone templates,etc. He could be by what we cal…
Murl Johnson of Detroit Michigan wrote: Not necessarily he was a labor who worked with his hands, he spoke mostly of farm tools, and building things, they live in the dessert where wood was hard to come! Cedar wood have to transported from Lebanon! this is my thought! Translation perhaps got a little mixed up when translated from Greek to English.
Yes Jesus was according to Mark 6:3. Is not this the Carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Jo'-ses, And if Juda, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. The Greek word " tecton" to mean carpenter. It is more aptly describing a "contractor" as a "builder" or " handyman". In today terms. We might call him ."Mr Fix it". If you had something that needed mended, fixed, designed or built.Jesus would be the guy to call on. He also might be the guy to call upon when business is slow. It could also refer to each things as designing bridges, stone templates,etc. He could be by what we cal…