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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4151509" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_of_Alexandria" target="_blank">Cyril of Alexandria</a> (fragment 219) claimed that "camel" is a Greek misspelling; that <em>kamêlos</em> (camel) was written in place of <em>kamilos</em>, meaning "rope" or "cable".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_a_needle#cite_note-camel-2" target="_blank">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_a_needle#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_a_needle#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> More recently, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lamsa" target="_blank">George Lamsa</a>, in his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamsa_Bible#Matthew_19:24" target="_blank">1933 translation of the Bible</a> into English from the Syriac, claimed this as well based on Cyril and the etiologic beliefs of the Middle Eastern rural people.</p><p><strong>Cyril of Alexandria</strong> (c. 376 – 444) was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_of_Alexandria" target="_blank">Patriarch of Alexandria</a> from 412 to 444. He was enthroned when the city was at the height of its influence and power within the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" target="_blank">Roman Empire</a>. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christological_controversies" target="_blank">Christological controversies</a> of the late-4th and 5th centuries. He was a central figure in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Ephesus" target="_blank">Council of Ephesus</a> in 431, which led to the deposition of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius" target="_blank">Nestorius</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople" target="_blank">Patriarch of Constantinople</a>.</p><p></p><p>Cyril is counted among the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Fathers" target="_blank">Church Fathers</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctors_of_the_Church" target="_blank">Doctors of the Church</a>, and his reputation within the Christian world has resulted in his titles <em>Pillar of Faith</em> and <em>Seal of all the Fathers ...</em></p><p></p><p>The "Eye of the Needle" has been claimed to be a gate in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem" target="_blank">Jerusalem</a>, which opened after the main gate was closed at night. A camel could only pass through this smaller gate if it was stooped and had its baggage removed. This story has been put forth since at least the 15th century, and possibly as far back as the 9th century. However, there is no widely accepted evidence for the existence of such a gate.</p><p></p><p>Most Bible scholars go with Cyril's explanation but it's not important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4151509, member: 18222"] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_of_Alexandria']Cyril of Alexandria[/URL] (fragment 219) claimed that "camel" is a Greek misspelling; that [I]kamêlos[/I] (camel) was written in place of [I]kamilos[/I], meaning "rope" or "cable".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_a_needle#cite_note-camel-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_a_needle#cite_note-3'][3][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_a_needle#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] More recently, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lamsa']George Lamsa[/URL], in his [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamsa_Bible#Matthew_19:24']1933 translation of the Bible[/URL] into English from the Syriac, claimed this as well based on Cyril and the etiologic beliefs of the Middle Eastern rural people. [B]Cyril of Alexandria[/B] (c. 376 – 444) was the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_of_Alexandria']Patriarch of Alexandria[/URL] from 412 to 444. He was enthroned when the city was at the height of its influence and power within the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire']Roman Empire[/URL]. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christological_controversies']Christological controversies[/URL] of the late-4th and 5th centuries. He was a central figure in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Ephesus']Council of Ephesus[/URL] in 431, which led to the deposition of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius']Nestorius[/URL] as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople']Patriarch of Constantinople[/URL]. Cyril is counted among the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Fathers']Church Fathers[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctors_of_the_Church']Doctors of the Church[/URL], and his reputation within the Christian world has resulted in his titles [I]Pillar of Faith[/I] and [I]Seal of all the Fathers ...[/I] The "Eye of the Needle" has been claimed to be a gate in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem']Jerusalem[/URL], which opened after the main gate was closed at night. A camel could only pass through this smaller gate if it was stooped and had its baggage removed. This story has been put forth since at least the 15th century, and possibly as far back as the 9th century. However, there is no widely accepted evidence for the existence of such a gate. Most Bible scholars go with Cyril's explanation but it's not important. [/QUOTE]
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