John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 19:24 - 19:24

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John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 19:24 - 19:24


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Mat 19:24. Κάμηλον, a camel) i.e. the animal of that name; cf. ch. Mat 23:24. It is not a rope[875] that is compared to a thread, but the eye of a needle to a gate.

[875] Bengel alludes to a reading which is evidently corrupt, and an interpretation which is manifestly erroneous. “Some ancient and modern commentators,” says Bloomfield, “would read κάμιλον, a cable, rope; or take κάμηλον in that sense. But for the former there is little or no manuscript authority, and for the latter, no support from the usus loquendi.” For interesting illustrations of the subject, too long to insert, see Kitto, and Wordsworth, in loc.-(I. B.)