Robertson Word Pictures - Matthew 23:24 - 23:24

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Robertson Word Pictures - Matthew 23:24 - 23:24


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Strain out the gnat (diulizontes ton kōnōpa). By filtering through (dia), not the “straining at” in swallowing so crudely suggested by the misprint in the A.V.

Swallow the camel (tēn de kamēlon katapinontes). Gulping or drinking down the camel. An oriental hyperbole like that in Mat 19:24. See also Mat 5:29, Mat 5:30; Mat 17:20; Mat 21:21. Both insects and camels were ceremonially unclean (Lev 11:4, Lev 11:20, Lev 11:23, Lev 11:42). “He that kills a flea on the Sabbath is as guilty as if he killed a camel” (Jer. Shabb. 107).