Where is scripture that talks about Jesus as a carpenter?

Answer 1

Your question is erudite - Jesus is commonly considered to have been a carpenter, but there is less than expected scriptural evidence to support this. The only positive statement would be in Mark 6:2-3: '2When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. "Where did this man get these things?" they asked. "What's this wisdom that has been given him, that he even does miracles! 3Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him.'

Answer 2

In Matthew... but not in the same verse.

Matthew 1:16

And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Matthew 13:55

Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

Luke contains the following verse:

Luke 4:22

And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

Answer 3

The only reference to Jesus as a carpenter is in Mark 6:3: "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon?"

The author of Matthew, while copying from Mark as faithfully as possible, seems to have been unwilling to describe Jesus as a simple carpenter, but refers to his father, Joseph, as a carpenter (Matthew 13:55): "Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? "

The later gospels make no mention of either Jesus or Joseph as a carpenter.