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Narrows it down a bit, I guess 🤷🏻
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Also we know he fit at a dinner table, right?
Depends on the size of the table, I guess 🤷🏻
Fair, but given he was poor we must assume it's a typical size table for seder of the time and place
Except his dad was a carpenter, so he probably had some excess lumber hookups for building oversized furniture..
Probably not a carpenter. The Greek word tektōn translates as craftsman or builder, not specifically carpenter. And given the relative scarcity of wood in the region, modern scholars think that Joseph would have been a stonemason.
Yeah but have you ever had a parent deliver furniture for you while you're couch surfing? Especially in your 30s
This one time, my dad skipped the middle man and just delivered the couch with me already living on it
half a dinner table, i saw the painting
Right! So his legs might be longer than a table width! Which would explain the half table.