MARK—NOTE ON Mark 10:25 The hyperbole (intentional overstatement) of a large camel having to fit through the small eye of a needle stresses that such a thing is humanly impossible (but see v. Mark 10:27). For other hyperboles in Jesus’ teaching, see Matthew 7:3; Matthew 23:24; on the “eye of a needle,” see note on Matt. 19:24.

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