Wow. You just cling to absurdities. You're wrong, and I know you'll never admit it, but since I hate false wisdom I'm calling you on it. You are wrong. Actually, factually wrong.
To answer your irrelevant question, Jesus goes on to mock the people who are mocking him. He never says he's not a carpenter, however.
How about this, then. In addition to that verse - which would not be stinging if it had no basis in fact - there is no Biblical evidence whatsoever that Jesus "ran away from home". Indeed, there is almost nothing known of anything between his infancy and his ministry. The only mention of Jesus' life between his infancy and ministry is Finding in the Temple in Luke 2: 42 to 51, which is the story where Jesus amazes the scholars in the Temple . . . but at the end of it Jesus is reunited with his family and returns to Nazareth.
So, in addition to the bit in Luke, there is no evidence of your position. Furthermore, if you knew anything about rabbis you'd know that most of them actually worked for a living - so the normal situation would be for a rabbi to practice a trade.
So, we have at least one situation where people call Jesus a carpenter, it's normal for people in those days to follow the trade of their father, it is normal for rabbis to follow a trade, but you're saying he's not a carpenter based on an event that was never described in the Bible.
To answer your irrelevant question, Jesus goes on to mock the people who are mocking him. He never says he's not a carpenter, however.
How about this, then. In addition to that verse - which would not be stinging if it had no basis in fact - there is no Biblical evidence whatsoever that Jesus "ran away from home". Indeed, there is almost nothing known of anything between his infancy and his ministry. The only mention of Jesus' life between his infancy and ministry is Finding in the Temple in Luke 2: 42 to 51, which is the story where Jesus amazes the scholars in the Temple . . . but at the end of it Jesus is reunited with his family and returns to Nazareth.
So, in addition to the bit in Luke, there is no evidence of your position. Furthermore, if you knew anything about rabbis you'd know that most of them actually worked for a living - so the normal situation would be for a rabbi to practice a trade.
So, we have at least one situation where people call Jesus a carpenter, it's normal for people in those days to follow the trade of their father, it is normal for rabbis to follow a trade, but you're saying he's not a carpenter based on an event that was never described in the Bible.
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