![]() ![]() "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. "The eye of a needle" is a portion of a quotation attributed to Jesus in the synoptic gospels: Main article: Jesus and the rich young man Rav Sheishet of Nehardea applied the same aphorism to the convoluted reasoning for which the sages of Pumbedita were evidently famous: "Are you from Pumbedita, where they push an elephant through the eye of a needle?" ( Baba Metzia, 38b). The Holy One said, open for me a door as big as a needle's eye and I will open for you a door through which may enter tents and. Ī midrash on the Song of Songs uses the phrase to speak of God's willingness and ability beyond comparison to accomplish the salvation of a sinner: They do not show a man a palm tree of gold, nor an elephant going through the eye of a needle. To explain that dreams reveal the thoughts of a man's heart and are the product of reason rather than the absence of it, some rabbis say: The Babylonian Talmud applies the aphorism to unthinkable thoughts. And thus do We recompense the criminals." Aphorisms Judaism It also appears in the Qur'an 7:40, "Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them – the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle. ![]() The New Testament quotes Jesus as saying in Luke 18:25 that "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" ( Jesus and the rich young man). It occurs several times throughout the Talmud. The term " eye of a needle" is used as a metaphor for a very narrow opening. Engraving, Johann Vogel: Meditationes emblematicae de restaurata pace Germaniae, 1649. A dromedary camel passing through the eye of a needle, as a symbol of the improbable Peace of Westphalia. ![]()
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