Was Christ a communist?

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Some scholars have suggested that the word camel () is in fact a mistranslation of the Greek original, and should instead read rope (). On the weight of this, some English versions read "cable" instead of "camel". This explanation is also based on the notion of physical impossibility: neither a camel nor a rope can pass through the eye of a needle.

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Another common explanation of the figure, first recorded by Theophylact of Bulgaria in the eleventh century, was that Jesus was referring to a certain gate in Jerusalem called Needle's Eye, that was built so low that a camel could only pass if it entered kneeling and unencumbered with baggage. The lesson would then be that an eternal inheritance awaits those who unburden themselves of sin, and in particular, the things of this world. Although there is no historical evidence that such a gate ever existed, through frequent repetition the idea has attained the status of virtual dogma in some circles.

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