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froggison t1_j0zik17 wrote

Reply to comment by RevolutionaryDiet602 in Brooklyn pastor who was robbed while preaching charged with wire fraud and lying to FBI in unrelated case by Octavus

Needles were actually much bigger back then. Jesus was remarking about how easy it is for rich people to get into heaven.

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Minuted t1_j0zupmg wrote

There's actually some debate about the passage, one idea being that the needle was a gate in ancient Jerusalem (Damascus?), another that it was a mistranslation for some sort of rope, but a lot of alternate theories have been debunked. ReligionForBreakfast has a really good video on it on YouTube. Great channel.

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Angdrambor t1_j0zk3j5 wrote

Yee in those days, we were weaving textiles for giants, and the thread was so heavy you really did need a camel to pull it.

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RevolutionaryDiet602 t1_j0zks6j wrote

I disagree. Sewing needles of that time would have likely been made from copper or iron and at a thickness of .35mm. They were larger than modern sewing needles certainly, but still quite small relative to a camel....or a banana, depending on your unit of measurement.

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