19:24 camel . . . eye of a needle. I.e., it is impossible. Jesus is underscoring the impossibility of anyone’s being saved by merit. Since wealth was deemed proof of God’s approval and those who had it could give more alms, it was commonly thought that rich people were the most likely candidates for heaven (see note on Mark 10:25 ). Jesus destroys that notion and, along with it, the notion that anyone can merit enough divine favor to gain entrance into heaven. See note on verse 25.
Yes, I already knew that there is a literal eye of the needle. Someone (maybe you) already pointed out that part. I was posting MacArthur’s notes on the passage. His note speaks to the figurative aspect of what Jesus said. The Bible has quite a bit of simultaneously figurative and literal language.
Yes but God gives us Pastors and teachers and John MacArthur happens to be one I highly respect. Maybe you should check out his ministry some time.
Sad to say but he just can’t help himself. It’s his ego. He drowns out the many of us, who he has to have at least heard about, who don’t trust the whole COVID narrative or want the vaccine. He just wants credit for it no matter the fact that it’s something many people don’t want any part of and likely has very sinister motives behind it. It’s not helping him with his base AT ALL, but his own ego won’t let him see that.
Yeah. Reading the notes of Biblical scholars is doing research.