New and Concise Bible Dictionary
This occurs in the gospels in the saying that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Mat 19:24; Mar 10:25; Luk 18:25. Efforts have been made to refer ’the eye of a needle’ to a wicket gate, through which a camel can pass, but only with great difficulty; but the Lord speaks of it as something ’impossible’ except to God. Doubtless a common needle was alluded to. The rabbis had a similar proverb concerning the elephant. Needles have been found in the Egyptian tombs, made of bronze about three inches in length.
Dictionary of the Bible
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NEEDLE’S EYE.—See Camel, ad fin.