Re: Kamelios vs. kamilios

• To: nt-greek@Virginia.EDU
• Subject: Re: Kamelios vs. kamilios
• From: wilm@legacy.calvin.edu
• Date: 10 Dec 1992 13:11:28 EST

Sterling Bjorndahl notes:
>...Or it could be intentional.  [On a less serious note:] After all, how do
>you get a camel through the eye of a needle?  By first putting it through a
>meat grinder (or food processor) and straining it through the needle bit by
>bit.  How's that for a starting point for a fire-and-brimstone sermon on
>the evils of wealth?  ;-)
>
>I apologize if I have offended any animal rights people.


I seem to recall G.K. Chesterton dealing with this passage in exactly the same
way.  Where might that have been?  _Orthodoxy_?  (Sorry, but I'm at work,
and I must keep the temptations posed by Chesterton et al. safely at home!)

MW
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