St. Paul, according to the practice of the Jews, who,
however opulent, always taught their children some trade, appears to
have been a tent maker. This, however, is understood by some moderns to
mean a maker of tent cloth, St. Paul being a Cilician, a country which
produced a species of rough-haired goats, from which the Cilicians
manufactured a thick and coarse cloth, much used for tents. The fathers,
however, say that he made military tents, the material of which was
skins.
however opulent, always taught their children some trade, appears to
have been a tent maker. This, however, is understood by some moderns to
mean a maker of tent cloth, St. Paul being a Cilician, a country which
produced a species of rough-haired goats, from which the Cilicians
manufactured a thick and coarse cloth, much used for tents. The fathers,
however, say that he made military tents, the material of which was
skins.