at times jesus himself mentions reading scripture. in the gospel of mark he asks the pharisees. have you never read what david did when he was in need and hungry? or, haven't you read this in scripture? it is unlikely that he would have asked such questions if he himself could not read. there is another clue in the gospel of luke: and he came to nazareth, where he had been raised, and entered the synagogue as was his custom on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. he was given the book of the prophet isaiah. luke's account confirms that jesus at least could read hebrew. a further, the apostle luke tells how much the townspeople were surprised by this fact.

let's move on, i wonder, did jesus know how to write? there is only one instance in the bible where he writes. of course, if he knew how to read, he knew how to write, but the gospel did not preserve for us information about any written text he left, except that when a woman was brought to him, taken as an adulterer. he was drawing in the sand. as it is said in

the gospel of john, in order to stop an angry crowd ready to throw stones at a woman, he inscribed a list of them on the ground own sins. and the fact that jesus’ writing was read and understood suggests that he had clear, understandable handwriting. this means that he knew how to write and wrote often. the next question is: in what language did he write these words? what language did christ even speak? jesus' most famous speech is the sermon on the mount. its entire first part began with the words “blessed.” in what language were the words that turned the world upside down? at that time, three languages ​​were used in palestine: hebrew and... biblical hebrew for

theology and prayers, greek for business negotiations and trade and aramaic everyday language. it was a dialect of the syriac language mixed with hebrew. in fact, this was jesus’ native language. during his suffering on the cross, he called out either lama savachthani. usually the people of jerusalem did not understand him, deciding that he was calling on the prophet elijah, because the residents of jerusalem did not speak aramaic well; it was the language of the outskirts of judea. in fact, jesus shouted: “my god, my god, why have you forsaken me?” only the inhabitants of galilee could understand jesus correctly, and it is no coincidence that they became his the first students.

especially the older generation speaks only osrian.

and today people from different countries come to listen to him. and the language itself has a certain mystical form in itself. that is, when you read it, it’s as if you are thrown back 200 years. father seraphim not only reads in aramaic, he prays in it and even sings psalms from the bible. the pope himself came to listen to his singing.

spoke several languages, could read and write by heart, and quoted sacred texts. such a person today would be considered an intellectual, but this knowledge was useful to him mainly in the last three years of his life, when he went out to fulfill his mission. and before that, christ led the life of an ordinary person, and had to earn his bread with the help of craft. jesus had to choose a profession as

a child. at this time , new events are taking place in a world that still knows nothing about christ. july, by the way, in honor of his predecessor, julius caesar. today such news would shock the whole world, but in those days news did not spread at lightning speed, and it is unlikely that could shake the centuries-old traditions followed in ancient judea. here, every

resident had to acquire a profession, even rich and educated jews learned some kind of craft. for example, the apostle paul, who had roman citizenship and received an excellent education by jewish standards, was a weaver; he wove rough cloth in russia. which was used to make tents. what was jesus' profession? most are sure that he was a carpenter, but why? the bible does not explicitly state his profession. there it is written like this: where does he get such wisdom of power? neplotnikov, is he a son? that is, everyone decided that jesus inherited the profession . we can guess that he was a carpenter, since he had to earn his bread with something, and professions were usually

passed down in ancient times.