08-05-2007, 05:22 PM
A couple of us have been discussing Daniel 4, the tree that is cut down and banded with iron and copper.
This interesting point came up from Easton's Bible commentary.
Carpenter
An artificer in stone, iron, and copper, as well as in wood (Sa2 5:11; Ch1 14:1; Mar 6:3). The tools used by carpenters are mentioned in Sa1 13:19, Sa1 13:20; Jdg 4:21; Isa 10:15; Isa 44:13. It was said of our Lord, "Is not this the carpenter's son?" (Mat 13:55); also, "Is not this the carpenter?" (Mar 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."
Looking up now.
vicky
This interesting point came up from Easton's Bible commentary.
Carpenter
An artificer in stone, iron, and copper, as well as in wood (Sa2 5:11; Ch1 14:1; Mar 6:3). The tools used by carpenters are mentioned in Sa1 13:19, Sa1 13:20; Jdg 4:21; Isa 10:15; Isa 44:13. It was said of our Lord, "Is not this the carpenter's son?" (Mat 13:55); also, "Is not this the carpenter?" (Mar 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."
Looking up now.
vicky