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Topic:
Thoughts And Things Of The Bible -- Carpenter
With respect to the word "carpenter…"
A carpenter was an artificer in stone, iron, and copper, as well as
in wood (2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Chr. 14:1; Mark 6:3). The tools used by
carpenters are mentioned in 1 Sam. 13:19, 20; Judg. 4:21; Isa. 10:15;
44:13. It was said of our Lord, "Is not this the carpenter's
son?" (Matt. 13:55); also, "Is not this the carpenter?"
(Mark 6:3). Every Jew, even the rabbis, learned some handicraft: Paul
was a tentmaker. "In the cities the carpenters would be Greeks, and
skilled workmen; the carpenter of a provincial village could only have
held a very humble position, and secured a very moderate
competence."
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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