Matthew Chapter 23 verse 24 Holy Bible
Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!
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You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.
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Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.
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Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
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You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
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`Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) Strain at a gnat.--Better, as in Tyndale's and other earlier versions, strain out. It is sometimes said that the present rendering of the Authorised version is but the perpetuation of a printer's blunder; but of this there is scarcely sufficient evidence, nor is it probable in itself. In the Greek both nouns have the emphasis of the article, "the gnat--the camel." The scrupulous care described in the first clause of the proverbial saying was literally practised by devout Jews (as it is now by the Buddhists of Ceylon), in accordance with Leviticus 11:23; Leviticus 11:42. In the second clause, the camel appears, not only, as in Matthew 19:24, as the type of vastness, but as being among the unclean beasts of which the Israelites might not eat (Leviticus 11:4).Parallel Commentaries ...GreekYou blindτυφλοί (typhloi)Adjective - Vocative Masculine PluralStrong's 5185: Blind, physically or mentally. From, tuphoo; opaque, i.e. blind.guides!ὁδηγοὶ (hodēgoi)Noun - Vocative Masculine SingularStrong's 3595: A leader, guide; met: an instructor, teacher. From hodos and hegeomai; a conductor (teacher).You strain outδιϋλίζοντες (diulizontes)Verb - Present Participle Active - Vocative Masculine PluralStrong's 1368: To strain, put through a sieve. From dia and hulizo hoo-lid'-zo; to strain out.a gnatκώνωπα (kōnōpa)Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularStrong's 2971: Apparently a derivative of the base of kentron and a derivative of optanomai; a mosquito.butδὲ (de)ConjunctionStrong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.swallowκαταπίνοντες (katapinontes)Verb - Present Participle Active - Vocative Masculine PluralStrong's 2666: To drink down, swallow, devour, destroy, consume. From kata and pino; to drink down, i.e. Gulp entire.a camel.κάμηλον (kamēlon)Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's 2574: A camel or dromedary. Of Hebrew origin; a 'camel'.Jump to PreviousBlind Camel Drink Fly Guides Strain Straining Swallow Swallowing Trouble