# Jesus was a CARPENTER? Cite?

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**Created:** [December 25, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-was-a-carpenter-cite/1012156 "2024-12-25T21:18:46Z")\
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This has [come up before](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-carpenters/960631) on the SDMB:

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> There are references to Jesus as a carpenter (“Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon?”, Mark 6:3) and as the son of a carpenter (“Is not this the carpenter’s son?”, Matthew 15:55), but as far as I know, there is nothing in the Christian canon about what, if anything, he did as a carpenter. So, anything else would be pure speculation.
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> Also, this article notes that the word which is typically translated as “carpenter” in English could also be translated as “laborer” or “builder,”

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