“Good day kind sir. I hear you are the finest craftsman of tree in all the lands,” an elderly gentleman greeted a shop attendant.
“Aye,” responded the store keep, “the works you see here are all my own.” He proudly indicated the finely crafted furniture on display.
“I would like to commission you for a small but important project.”
“Why but of course,” the shop attendant replied, enthusiastically.
“I require a large structure; vertically it will stand twelve cubits from the earth, and attached will be a crossbeam seven cubits in length,” the man asserted.
“It would be my pleasure to construct such a work.” He began chiselling the measurements into a piece of stone, speaking aloud as he wrote: “... seven cubits in length. And what name shall put to this project?”
“Pilate, Pontius Pilate.”
“I will endeavour to have your structure prepared by Friday.”
“J H Christ Carpentry will be handsomely compensated for the trouble,” the elderly gentleman confirmed.
“Aye,” responded the store keep, “the works you see here are all my own.” He proudly indicated the finely crafted furniture on display.
“I would like to commission you for a small but important project.”
“Why but of course,” the shop attendant replied, enthusiastically.
“I require a large structure; vertically it will stand twelve cubits from the earth, and attached will be a crossbeam seven cubits in length,” the man asserted.
“It would be my pleasure to construct such a work.” He began chiselling the measurements into a piece of stone, speaking aloud as he wrote: “... seven cubits in length. And what name shall put to this project?”
“Pilate, Pontius Pilate.”
“I will endeavour to have your structure prepared by Friday.”
“J H Christ Carpentry will be handsomely compensated for the trouble,” the elderly gentleman confirmed.