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A Proverb for the Impossible
Commentators explain that Jesus' statement about a camel and a needle's eye was a known type of proverb for something impossible. One scholar notes a similar Talmudic saying about an elephant. This was a vivid hyperbole meant to make an unforgettable point about the extreme difficulty for the wealthy to enter God's kingdom, not a literal description.
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AT Robertson
On Luke 18:25
Through a needle's eye (δια τρηματος βελονης). Both words are old. Τρημα means a perforation or hole or eye and in the N.T. only h…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 18:25
19th Century
Bishop
Through a needle’s eye.—The Greek word for “needle” in the better manuscripts differs from that in St. Matthew and St. Mark, and i…
Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 18:23–27
19th Century
Preacher
Yet some people spend all their lives in the earnest endeavor to make it hard for them to be saved. They are trying, as much as they can, to block …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 18:25
The ruler’s sorrow over the decision about his wealth recalls the far deeper sorrow rich people who have incurred Jesus’ “woe” will experience (6:2…
John Gill
On Luke 18:25
17th Century
Pastor
For it is easier for a camel
These words were spoken to the disciples again, and were a second address to them, afte…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 18:18–30
17th Century
Minister
Many have a great deal in them that is very commendable, yet they perish for lack of one thing. Thus, this ruler could not bear Christ's terms, whi…