The apostle Paul models an...
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The apostle Paul models an excellent work ethic through making tents. He was probably a skilled leather worker who specialized in tentmaking. He would have purchased his animal skins from a tanner, since tanning is a messy job, and the Jewish people believed that working with dead animals made them ceremonially unclean. Tentmakers needed few tools, so Paul's trade was easily portable. As an itinerant tentmaker, he would never have been able to build a clientele for repeat business in any one area.
Paul would have been considered an artisan, having begun a dawn-to-dusk apprenticeship in Tarsus at an early age. Paul tells us that he "worked night and day," which was before sunrise until after sunset, while taking time off during midday heat. He almost certainly did some teaching about Christ during that time when he and others relaxed. He would use his workshop for missionary activities and for spreading the good news.
Paul would have been considered an artisan, having begun a dawn-to-dusk apprenticeship in Tarsus at an early age. Paul tells us that he "worked night and day," which was before sunrise until after sunset, while taking time off during midday heat. He almost certainly did some teaching about Christ during that time when he and others relaxed. He would use his workshop for missionary activities and for spreading the good news.
