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It is easier for a camel to go through the needle`s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
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A Deliberate Impossibility
Commentators explain that Jesus' image of a camel and a needle's eye was a proverb meant to express a human impossibility. This was shocking to the disciples who, like many in their culture, viewed wealth as a sign of God's blessing. Jesus' statement directly challenged this assumption, highlighting the spiritual dangers of riches.
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Needle's eye (τρυμαλιας ραφιδος). See on Mt 19:24 for discussion. Luke uses the surgical needle, βελονης. Matthew has the word ραφ…
19th Century
Baptist
And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! And the disci…
The failure of the rich man to respond to the challenge led to one of Jesus’ most striking pronouncements. He addressed it to the disciples, and it…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
It is easier for a camel (See Gill on Matthew 19:24).
Presbyterian
Christ took this opportunity to speak to His disciples about the difficulty of salvation for those who have an abundance of this world's goods. Tho…
