Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Matthew 23:24

Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

KJV

ὁδηγοὶ τυφλοί, οἱ διϋλίζοντες τὸν κώνωπα τὴν δὲ κάμηλον καταπίνοντες.

Greek NT

Duces cæci, excolantes culicem, camelum autem glutientes.

Vulgate

Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

ASV

Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διϋλίζω
diulizo
verb · 1×
κάμηλος
kamelos
noun · 6×
καταπίνω
katapino
verb · 7×
κώνωψ
konops
noun · 1×
τυφλός
tuphlos
adjective · 50×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁδηγός
odegos
noun · 5×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: οἱ | Treg/NIV/RP: οἱ
  • οἱ — SBLGNT
  • οἱ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Continuation of the foregoing argument. Proofs from the writings of St. Paul, and from the words of Our Lord, that Christ and Jesus cannot be considered as distinct beings; neither can it be alleged that the Son of God became man merely in appearance, but that He did so truly and actually. 1. As it has been clearly demonstrated that the Word, who existed in the beginning with G…
Whosoever confesses that one God is the author of both Testaments, and diligently reads the Scriptures in company with the presbyters of the Church, is a true spiritual disciple; and he will rightly understand and interpret all that the prophets have declared respecting Christ and the liberty of the New Testament. 1. A spiritual disciple of this sort truly receiving the Spirit …

Cross-references

  • Job 20:18 — That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
  • John 18:28 — Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
  • Luke 6:7 — And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
  • Mark 10:25 — It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
  • Matt 15:2 — Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
  • Matt 19:24 — And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
  • Matt 19:24 — And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
  • Matt 23:16 — Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
  • Matt 23:16 — Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
  • Matt 27:6 — And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
  • Ps 119:99 — I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.