Matthew 19:24 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 19:24

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

KJV

And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

According to this, no rich man can be saved. But if we read Isaiah, how the camels of Midian and Ephah came to Jerusalem with gifts and presents, and they who once were crooked and bowed down by the weight of their sins, enter the gates of Jerusalem, we shall see how these camels, to which the rich are likened when they have laid aside the heavy load of sins, and the distortion of their whole bodies, may then enter by that narrow and strait way that leads to life.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A camel - Instead of καμηλον, camel, six MSS. read καμιλον, cable, a mere gloss inserted by some who did not know that the other was a proverb common enough among the people of the east. There is an expression similar to this in the Koran. “The impious, who in his arrogance shall accuse our doctrine of falsity, shall find the gates of heaven shut: nor shall he enter there till a camel shall pass through the eye of a needle. It is thus that we shall recompense the wicked.” Al Koran. Surat vii. ver.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πάλιν	Palin	Again	G3825 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
ὑμῖν·	humin	to you;	G4771 →
εὐκοπώτερόν	eukopōteron	easier for	G2123 →
ἐστιν	estin	[it] is	G1510 →
κάμηλον	kamēlon	a camel	G2574 →
διὰ	dia	through [the]	G1223 →
τρυπήματος	trupēmatos	an eye	G5169 →
ῥαφίδος	rhaphidos	of a needle	G4476 →
διελθεῖν	dielthein	to go through	G1330 →
ἢ	ē	than	G2228 →
πλούσιον	plousion	a rich man	G4145 →
εἰσελθεῖν	eiselthein	to enter	G1525 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
βασιλείαν	basileian	kingdom	G932 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ.¶	theou	of God.	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 32:27
  “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
- Luke 1:37
  For no word from God will ever fail.”
- Job 42:2
  “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
- Mark 10:27
  Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
- Luke 18:27
  But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
Through
John 5:44
How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
leads to
- John 12:43
  For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
- Romans 2:29
  No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come…
Through
Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.
leads to
- Jeremiah 2:22
  Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew