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1 | choking on a gnat | Matt 23:24 | Jesusman | 104015 | ||
This is the chapter where Jesus rebukes the Pharisees and Scribes. Actually, "rebukes" is putting it mildly. Each verse is an outlandish example of things done by them. In this particular section, Jesus is using opposites. In the preveious verse, Jesus essentially says that they majored in the minor aspects of the law, while ignoring the major and more important aspects of the law. Jesusman |
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2 | choking on a gnat | Matt 23:24 | Dalila | 104023 | ||
Oops, part 2 of the answer... Blind guides ... the gnat ... the camel ... In Christ's day, any small impurity in a glass of milk or water would have been filtered out. Jesus contrasted this straining of such a thing as a gnat out of a glass of water with swallowing a camel! This is hyperbole at its best and a perfect picture of the unbalanced thinking of those unfortunate men. For example, they literally stoned Stephen to death with their own hands, but scrupulously avoided stepping on an old grave, neglecting to tithe a sprig of dill, or putting foot inside a Gentile's house. The figure of the gnat and the camel emphasizes the difference in the culture of that day and ours. Today, any good housekeeper would throw a glass of milk in the garbage if it had a gnat in it; but in those days, such things as germs were unknown. Therefore, the gnat was strained out! Presumably this may still go on wherever there is such poverty as to require it or such ignorance as to allow it. Of course, Christ did not endorse that type of sanitation, or lack of it, but was merely drawing an illustration from the customs of the day. |
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3 | choking on a gnat | Matt 23:24 | Morant61 | 104030 | ||
Greetings Dalila! Excellent post! One of my favorite stories illustrates your point. A group of rabbi's were debating the question of whether or not it was lawful to eat an egg laid on the Sabbath. After much discussion, they finally decided that it was lawful - provided one killed the chicken for breaking the Sabbath! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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