Bussard_fr_tn/luk/18/24.md

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he too became very sad

This phrase is absent from many Greek manuscripts and so often omitted from English translations.

a camel to go through a needles eye

It is impossible for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle. Therefore, it appears that Jesus may have been using hyperbole to say "it is extremely difficult for a rich man to be saved." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)

camel

This is a very large animal, larger than a cow or a horse.

needle's eye

The needle's eye is the hole in a sewing needle through which the thread is passed.