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> Hence Jesus saying it's easier to thread a fishing line through a needle Nit: it's thread a camel through the eye of the needle, not fishing line
by openasocket 10y ago
> Hence Jesus saying it's easier to thread a fishing line through a needle
Nit: it's thread a camel through the eye of the needle, not fishing line
- virmundi 10y agoNope. That's just a shitty English translation. The Jews at the time were familiar with different types of ropes/threads. It is most likely that Jesus referred to the type of rope used in fishing which is much larger than a thread. http://www.biblicalhebrew.com/nt/camelneedle.htm http://www.biblicalhebrew.com/nt/camelneedle.htm
- openasocket 10y agoAccording to that link that is just one of several possible interpretations. In fact the author seems to prefer the "camel" translation, as there are contemporary examples of similar hyperbole.
- gus_massa 10y agoI agree. If "nor an elephant going through the eye of a needle" was a expression used previously, it's not so strange that they have a local version with a camel.