• LittleBorat2@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    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.

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      6 months ago

      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

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        6 months ago

        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.

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          6 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