How can we be sure Jesus was a carpenter?
Jesus was the eldest son of Joseph, husband of Mary. Joseph was a tekton -- a woodworker or master craftsman. (We get our word architect from the Greek arch -- chief + tekton.) It is reasonable to assume, though it's never explicitly stated in the Bible, that this was Jesus' profession, too. So we can't be complete sure; this is an inference.
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