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Archaeologists working in Nazareth — Jesus' hometown — in modern-day Israel have identified a house dating to the first century that was regarded as the place where Jesus was brought up by Mary and Joseph.
The house is partly made of mortar-and-stone walls, and was cut into a rocky hillside. It was first uncovered in the 1880s, by nuns at the Sisters of Nazareth convent, but it wasn't until 2006 that archaeologists led by Ken Dark, a professor at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, dated the house to the first century, and identified it as the place where people, who lived centuries after Jesus' time, believed Jesus was brought up. http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/03/03/jesus-house-1st-century-structure-may-be-where-grew-up/ |
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Dig that yard up, probably some of Jesus' army men buried out there.
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Unless the yard is littered with nails, lathes, and old saw teeth, I doubt it.
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I contend it's not his house, it's actually Jedidiah's. I believe my contention has as much proof as the archeologists.
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Quoted: What kind of carpenter lives in a stone house View Quote I know a dude who's a plumber, and his place has shitty pipes. Sometimes you just don't wanna bring work home with you, I guess. BTW, we're assuming Jesus lived there well into his tradesman years. Maybe by the time he had a truck and a good set of power tools, he was already in his own pad, like a condo or something out in the suburbs. Makes me wonder tho, how he advertised? "You've hired carpenters before, but you weren't hiring the power of God....until now!" Or, maybe something sly like "J. Christ Carpentry, when you want divine service at a price you can afford! Member, Angie's List since like '00" "Mention the Good Lord sent you, and your first laminate square foot is on me!" "With prices this low, you'll think you've seen a miracle!" "Wood you? Could you? Should you hire the Son of the Lord!?!? Hell yes!" I dunno, just spitballing here. |
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"Jesus wuz hear" carved in the floor of the playroom was a big clue
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Read the article. interesting to say the least. Everything is possible
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Do you guys think Jesus got worried whenever Mary yelled out Jesus Christ?
Maybe he was full of angst in his early teens and would argue with Joseph about how he wasn't his real father? |
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It's Jesus' house in the same way all those bones of the saints in cathedrals in Europe are real.
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Very cool...at the least it gives us a glimpse at how people of that time lived.
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Quoted: Or, maybe something sly like "J. Christ Carpentry, when you want divine service at a price you can afford! Member, Angie's List since like '00" "Mention the Good Lord sent you, and your first laminate square foot is on me!" "With prices this low, you'll think you've seen a miracle!" "Wood you? Could you? Should you hire the Son of the Lord!?!? Hell yes!" View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: What kind of carpenter lives in a stone house Or, maybe something sly like "J. Christ Carpentry, when you want divine service at a price you can afford! Member, Angie's List since like '00" "Mention the Good Lord sent you, and your first laminate square foot is on me!" "With prices this low, you'll think you've seen a miracle!" "Wood you? Could you? Should you hire the Son of the Lord!?!? Hell yes!" So his company was the first to use the Jesus fish in advertising? |
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Quoted: A carpenter might have meant a shipbuilder... Sea of Galilee, made friends with fishermen, and all that. Something to consider. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: What kind of carpenter lives in a stone house A carpenter might have meant a shipbuilder... Sea of Galilee, made friends with fishermen, and all that. Something to consider. Then he would have been a shipwright and not a carpenter |
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Quoted: Then he would have been a shipwright and not a carpenter View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: What kind of carpenter lives in a stone house A carpenter might have meant a shipbuilder... Sea of Galilee, made friends with fishermen, and all that. Something to consider. Then he would have been a shipwright and not a carpenter Yeah, probably just did decks and additions...and the occasional entertainment center. |
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Quoted: Yeah, probably just did decks and additions...and the occasional entertainment center. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: What kind of carpenter lives in a stone house A carpenter might have meant a shipbuilder... Sea of Galilee, made friends with fishermen, and all that. Something to consider. Then he would have been a shipwright and not a carpenter Yeah, probably just did decks and additions...and the occasional entertainment center. Maybe the occasional bootleg job of plumbing or wiring. |
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What kind of carpenter lives in a stone house A carpenter might have meant a shipbuilder... Sea of Galilee, made friends with fishermen, and all that. Something to consider. Then he would have been a shipwright and not a carpenter Because they spoke English, right? Not so much. Carpentry as we think of it wasn't the biggest deal in Judea at that time. Building construction was not done with wood, furniture was a rarity for common people and much of it was stonework... But there are two things you would build out of wood in their culture; boats and chariots. |
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I want to be the real estate agent to market it. "Own Jesus'Palace! Quaint one room stone hut smack dab in the Promised Land! Heavenly views in every direction and part of the historic district. Priced to move! Bear the mortgage payment, not the cross!"
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Quoted: Because they spoke English, right? Not so much. Carpentry as we think of it wasn't the biggest deal in Judea at that time. Building construction was not done with wood, furniture was a rarity for common people and much of it was stonework... But there are two things you would build out of wood in their culture; boats and chariots. View Quote <redneck speak> My God speaks English, hates fur'in'ers, has the power to make even a Ford truck stay running, and can bowl a perfect game <redneck speak> |
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Absence of trees has always concerned me.
I can't imagine wood being wasted on homes when there are zillions of stones laying around and what trees were used to produce food. Boats, tools, some limited construction would be the uses for wood long before they started making furniture, etc.. |
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<redneck speak> My God speaks English, hates fur'in'ers, has the power to make even a Ford truck stay running, and can bowl a perfect game <redneck speak> View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Because they spoke English, right? Not so much. Carpentry as we think of it wasn't the biggest deal in Judea at that time. Building construction was not done with wood, furniture was a rarity for common people and much of it was stonework... But there are two things you would build out of wood in their culture; boats and chariots. <redneck speak> My God speaks English, hates fur'in'ers, has the power to make even a Ford truck stay running, and can bowl a perfect game <redneck speak> Pretty much. The Galilee and fishermen connections really make me think he built fishing boats. But it's basically just circumstantial. Carpentry was not the same profession we think of, though. Not at that time and place. |
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Absence of trees has always concerned me. I can't imagine wood being wasted on homes when there are zillions of stones laying around and what trees were used to produce food. Boats, tools, some limited construction would be the uses for wood long before they started making furniture, etc.. View Quote Wood could be imported from the far north. But at such cost, as you say, it would go to other things that must be made from wood before going to housing and furnishings. If Jesus were born today, he might build spaceships for SpaceX. 2,000 years later people would think "worker of inconel" means he made cheap trinkets for common people. |
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Plenty of trees and forests all over the eastern mediteranean.
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Plenty of trees and forests all over the eastern mediteranean. View Quote In the days when people walked to get places, the Galilee isn't exactly oceanfront. Though to the north of Galilee they indeed had usable lumber. It still was not the primary building material of the region. |
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Quoted: Pretty much. The Galilee and fishermen connections really make me think he built fishing boats. But it's basically just circumstantial. Carpentry was not the same profession we think of, though. Not at that time and place. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Because they spoke English, right? Not so much. Carpentry as we think of it wasn't the biggest deal in Judea at that time. Building construction was not done with wood, furniture was a rarity for common people and much of it was stonework... But there are two things you would build out of wood in their culture; boats and chariots. <redneck speak> My God speaks English, hates fur'in'ers, has the power to make even a Ford truck stay running, and can bowl a perfect game <redneck speak> Pretty much. The Galilee and fishermen connections really make me think he built fishing boats. But it's basically just circumstantial. Carpentry was not the same profession we think of, though. Not at that time and place. You really do have an excellent point. Wood being so scarce it was very likely that if Jesus worked with wood it would have been boats. Or carpentry could mean house building where he would have been more of a mason in English. |
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Do you guys think Jesus got worried whenever Mary yelled out Jesus Christ? Maybe he was full of angst in his early teens and would argue with Joseph about how he wasn't his real father? View Quote After everyone was telling Him how His real dad destroyed entire cities just to kill a few rebels: "You're not my father! I'll never rule the universe with you!" |
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I know a dude who's a plumber, and his place has shitty pipes. Sometimes you just don't wanna bring work home with you, I guess. BTW, we're assuming Jesus lived there well into his tradesman years. Maybe by the time he had a truck and a good set of power tools, he was already in his own pad, like a condo or something out in the suburbs. Makes me wonder tho, how he advertised? "You've hired carpenters before, but you weren't hiring the power of God....until now!" Or, maybe something sly like "J. Christ Carpentry, when you want divine service at a price you can afford! Member, Angie's List since like '00" "Mention the Good Lord sent you, and your first laminate square foot is on me!" "With prices this low, you'll think you've seen a miracle!" "Wood you? Could you? Should you hire the Son of the Lord!?!? Hell yes!" I dunno, just spitballing here. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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What kind of carpenter lives in a stone house I know a dude who's a plumber, and his place has shitty pipes. Sometimes you just don't wanna bring work home with you, I guess. BTW, we're assuming Jesus lived there well into his tradesman years. Maybe by the time he had a truck and a good set of power tools, he was already in his own pad, like a condo or something out in the suburbs. Makes me wonder tho, how he advertised? "You've hired carpenters before, but you weren't hiring the power of God....until now!" Or, maybe something sly like "J. Christ Carpentry, when you want divine service at a price you can afford! Member, Angie's List since like '00" "Mention the Good Lord sent you, and your first laminate square foot is on me!" "With prices this low, you'll think you've seen a miracle!" "Wood you? Could you? Should you hire the Son of the Lord!?!? Hell yes!" I dunno, just spitballing here. The Coblers son wears no shoes. |
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I want to be the real estate agent to market it. "Own Jesus'Palace! Quaint one room stone hut smack dab in the Promised Land! Heavenly views in every direction and part of the historic district. Priced to move! Bear the mortgage payment, not the cross!" View Quote They really should move the whole thing and put it back together somewhere in the US. |
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Read the infancy gospel. He could always get out of sticky situations . View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Do you guys think Jesus got worried whenever Mary yelled out Jesus Christ? Maybe he was full of angst in his early teens and would argue with Joseph about how he wasn't his real father? Read the infancy gospel. He could always get out of sticky situations . I just picture him doing something Mary chasing him down and he runs to a lake and just walks on the water so she can't get him. |
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Anybody find Jesus' stash? The weed is long gone but I'm sure the Jeez had some old playboy scrolls and illegal Roman Candles hidden somewhere.
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Quoted: I just picture him doing something Mary chasing him down and he runs to a lake and just walks on the water so she can't get him. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Do you guys think Jesus got worried whenever Mary yelled out Jesus Christ? Maybe he was full of angst in his early teens and would argue with Joseph about how he wasn't his real father? Read the infancy gospel. He could always get out of sticky situations . I just picture him doing something Mary chasing him down and he runs to a lake and just walks on the water so she can't get him. Then Mary would yell, "You just wait to your father finds out..." and there would be a clap of lightning and roll of thunder. |
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I just picture him doing something Mary chasing him down and he runs to a lake and just walks on the water so she can't get him. View Quote "IV. 1 After that again he went through the village, and a child ran and dashed against his shoulder. And Jesus was provoked and said unto him: Thou shalt not finish thy course (lit. go all thy way). And immediately he fell down and died...." Shortly after He makes some people go blind cause they were upset about the whole situation . |
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What kind of carpenter lives in a stone house A carpenter might have meant a shipbuilder... Sea of Galilee, made friends with fishermen, and all that. Something to consider. Then he would have been a shipwright and not a carpenter Where in the Bible does it clearly state that Jesus was a carpenter? |
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"IV. 1 After that again he went through the village, and a child ran and dashed against his shoulder. And Jesus was provoked and said unto him: Thou shalt not finish thy course (lit. go all thy way). And immediately he fell down and died...." Shortly after He makes some people go blind cause they were upset about the whole situation . View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I just picture him doing something Mary chasing him down and he runs to a lake and just walks on the water so she can't get him. "IV. 1 After that again he went through the village, and a child ran and dashed against his shoulder. And Jesus was provoked and said unto him: Thou shalt not finish thy course (lit. go all thy way). And immediately he fell down and died...." Shortly after He makes some people go blind cause they were upset about the whole situation . Sounds like Jesus was a bit of a dick growing up. |
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Sounds like Jesus was a bit of a dick growing up. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I just picture him doing something Mary chasing him down and he runs to a lake and just walks on the water so she can't get him. "IV. 1 After that again he went through the village, and a child ran and dashed against his shoulder. And Jesus was provoked and said unto him: Thou shalt not finish thy course (lit. go all thy way). And immediately he fell down and died...." Shortly after He makes some people go blind cause they were upset about the whole situation . Sounds like Jesus was a bit of a dick growing up. No, this would have meant that Jesus would have had sin in His heart. Jesus had no sin. |
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