12. I've read that the "camel" in that verse is a mistranslation.
The original the word actually refers to a thick rope that was used to make ships. The rope was passed through a largish needle-like device; this device was then pushed through the boards used to make the ship with the rope pulled after it.
This translation would certainly make sense to the disciples of the Biblical myths as they were all fishermen and would know the process. More importantly, it changes Jesus' saying from a description of the impossible to the description of something that, while difficult, happens all the time.
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