"Because we know him yes; he is the son of a carpenter and has done the profession of his father often enough before our eyes! We know that he has never visited schools; nor can we easily remember that he took the book in his own time and opportunity and read it. He was a common artisan almost to the hour, and behold, he is now a teacher, and his doctrine is full of anointing and full of profound wisdom, though otherwise, everywhere else, the carpenter shines through! How long will it be since he and his brothers built a donkey stable for us?! Just look at his real carpenter (calloused) hands, and behold, he is a teacher and a prophet even without ever having tasted the prophetic school of the Essenes! How should we take that?" – Explanation of Scriptures, Chapter 8, Paragraph 11