Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Strain out the gnat (diulizontev ton kwnwpa). By filtering through (dia), not the "straining at" in swallowing so crudely suggested by the misprint in the A.V.
Swallow the camel (thn de kamhlon katapinontev). Gulping or drinking down the camel. An oriental hyperbole like that in Matthew 19:24. See also Matthew 5:29-30; Matthew 17:20; Matthew 21:21. Both insects and camels were ceremonially unclean (Leviticus 11:4, Leviticus 11:20, Leviticus 11:23, Leviticus 11:42). "He that kills a flea on the Sabbath is as guilty as if he killed a camel" (Jer. Shabb. 107).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 27:32
Hebrews 11:29
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