Jesus Wasn’t Really A Carpenter

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Jesus wasn’t really a carpenter, at least not as we understand the profession.  Now obviously, eventually Jesus’s chosen profession was of a “Rabbi” or teacher; so in that sense he wasn’t a carpenter regardless of translation.  However, in his early years, it is supposed from Mark 6:2-3 that he was, like his step-father, a “carpenter” as commonly translated. However, the chosen translation from the Greek word “tecton” to mean “carpenter” is a bit of a mistranslation.  more...