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Never seen a Camel walk through the eye of a Needle. (lemmy.ml)
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[–] LittleBorat2@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Camel could also mean rope which is a very similar word in Aramaic. Of course I don't read Aramaic but that's what someone said.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That would actually make more sense as the concepts are similar enough, instead of thread its rope as opposed to thread vs a riding/pack animal lol

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That would actually make more sense

It doesn't and it isn't. The whole point of the parable is to say that it's impossible for a rich person to go to heaven.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 4 points 7 months ago

It's still impossible to get a rope through the eye of a needle unless a rope and a thread can be used interchangeably. I'm not much of a language expert to say for sure lol

[–] Live_your_lives@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

According to the Lexham Bible Dictionary, "most scholars reject this interpretation because the meager textual evidence most likely can be attributed to speculations about this verse by some church fathers."