This is a whole New Testament Discourse thing, since the Greek word "tekton" used to refer to Jesus just generally means "builder" or "construction worker" (it's the same word from which we get "tectonic plates", the Earth's crust being made with pieces joined together)https://twitter.com/baddestmamajama/status/1343468417492209664 …
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Just like in the modern world, calling someone a "builder" can mean someone who actually owns a business that builds stuff - what we'd call a "contractor" - or it can mean someone who works for that business, including people at the bottom of the hierarchy (unskilled day labor)
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I confess I prefer the headcanon that Jesus was just one of the guys hanging out at Home Depot waiting to be hired out for the day (the topic of multiple of his parables) Though in context most likely he worked for his dad, who was a full-time contractor
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You get the feeling that it was one of those situations where his dad made him help out around the business to keep him from spending all his time buried in books talking about God and whatnot
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Considering God came along and got Joseph's wife pregnant, I think that's a reasonable reaction on Joseph's part
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Jesus' penchant for talking about "my real father in Heaven" seems like it would've caused some tension in his teen years
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Jesus says in Matthew 23:8-10 that there is no Father on Earth, so we've gone from "my dad could beat up your dad," to "my dad IS your dad"
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Yeah well It seems pretty likely that by the time he was 30 and the story starts, Joseph had already passed of old age Which is probably why he left home to start preaching at that point
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