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MARK 10:25 (MARK 10:27 (NO MATTER HOW WE STAND FINANCIALLY, JESUS’ COUNSEL…
MARK 10:25
MARK 10:27
IT SHOWS, THOUGH, HOW HARD IT IS FOR A RICH MAN TO DO SOMETHING. WHAT?
NOT JUST TO BEGIN SERVING GOD, NO, (...)
JESUS WAS USING A HYPERBOLE, AN EXAGGERATION NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY.
(...) BUT “TO ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM,” ACTUALLY TO GAIN EVERLASTING LIFE.
NO MATTER HOW WE STAND FINANCIALLY, JESUS’ COUNSEL CAN AID OUR THINKING, (...);
(...) OUR SPIRITUAL PROGRESS, AND OUR GAINING LASTING LIFE.
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HYPERBOLE
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A RICH MAN TO ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM IF HE CONTINUES TO CLING TO HIS RICHES (...)
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HE WAS USING HYPERBOLE TO ILLUSTRATE THAT JUST AS A LITERAL CAMEL CANNOT GO THROUGH THE EYE OF AN ACTUAL SEWING NEEDLE,
1 TIMOTHY 6:17-19
TRUSTING TOO MUCH IN MATERIAL THINGS CAN LEAD A PERSON TO BE LESS ‘CONSCIOUS OF HIS SPIRITUAL NEED.’
AS A RESULT, HE/SHE MIGHT NOT FEEL THE SAME NEED FOR JEHOVAH’S SUPPORT.
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w04 15/5 pp. 29-31
Some suggest that in these verses “camel” should be rendered “rope.” The Greek words for rope (kaʹmi·los) and camel (kaʹme·los) are similar.
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Some reference works suggest that the “needle’s eye” was a small gate in one of Jerusalem’s large gates.
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