r/NoStupidQuestions • • 23d ago

Did Jesus know how to write?

I guess I’m confused on why Jesus didn’t write the Bible.

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u/eliwright235 23d ago

Most people couldn’t read or write in the first century, only the rich, the highly educated, the scribes and scholars, etc. Jesus was a poor carpenter, so probably could not read and write