I received the following question:
Was Jesus’ step-father a carpenter? According to the following lexicon:
http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=5045
he may have just been a general tradesmen.
In Israel, where wood was scarce, a “carpenter” seems most unlikely. They did not build things out of wood generally. Houses and furniture were usually built out of other materials. “Carpenter” was the translation made in a country where wood is very common, and is the common building material. In England, a “builder” IS a “carpenter.” In Israel, not so. It seems highly unlikely that Joseph or the Lord were carpenters.
It does seem somehow appropriate that a carpenter would be hung on a piece of wood to die, but unfortunately, this connection is probably totally manufactured. The Lord likely worked more with the hammer and chisel than the hammer and nails.
11. Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately.
1. Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
I received the following question:
I received the following question:
31. Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.
15. Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.