Grayox@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoNever seen a Camel walk through the eye of a Needle.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down110
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1imageNever seen a Camel walk through the eye of a Needle.lemmy.mlGrayox@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square89fedilink
minus-squareLittleBorat2@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·6 months agoCamel 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.
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoThat 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
minus-squareGabu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 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.
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·6 months agoIt’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
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.
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
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.
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