What exactly, is 'the eye of a needle'?

The Eye of THE Needle was a small gate in one of the walls of Jerusalem. A loaded Camel could not pas sthrough it.. It had to be umnloaded, pass through, then be re loaded with the goods it carried. Sorry but I do not remeber where that gate was exactly..

Matthew 19:24, Mark 10:25, Luke 18:25; these are the three verses that state : "For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." This comes from the story of the rich man that wanted to know how to be saved. After he was told to follow the commandments, he said that he did. But then Jesus told him to sell all that he has and to follow.

The meaning does not refer to money. There are people who are rich in money that will enter the kingdom of God. Likewise, there are those that have no money that will not. Money is in no way, shape, or form a prerequisite for entering the kingdom of God. However, to be rich in the spirits of the world will make it impossible to enter the kingdom of God. The Lord Jesus wanted the "rich" man to give up the things that tied him to the world and follow the Word of God.

Unfortunately, I am not sure how any of this relates to time and distance. I wish I could help you there.

Unfortunately, eye of the needle actually means the eye of the needle. It was not impossible nor was it even improbable that a camel could go through the a hole in a gate. Jesus was using a literary device he employed often called "hyperbole." He was teaching His disciples that in order to live the Christ-life, you must be willing to sacrifice all, something immensely difficult for a rich man.

A small opening that camels could go through with much difficulty after the gates were closed to the city at night, back in the bible days.

the eye of a needle was a gate in jerusalem that only was used in time of war and the people had to duck to get in and a camel would have to sit down and be drug through so the metaphor its harder for a rich man to get into heaven as it is for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle or vice-versa

in the biblical days a camel was used as transportation..when the camel reached a certain destination, it would pass thru a short tunnel shaped like the eye part of a needle..the camel would lower his body to fit the hump thru the opening..hence the parable..

One of my Sunday School teachers long ago said it was some sort of a tunnel passageway which was narrow.

But what I can't understand is why, if that is really what it was, is it called an "eye of a needle" and not a narrow tunnel passageway?

the eye of a needle is where we put the thread. very small isn't it and yet some of us are capable of putting a camel through the eye of a needle.

historically there was a thin narrow pass

this is what jesus was talking about when he said the camel going through the eye of a needle, which while possible, was time consumeing

It was a tunnel gate. A camel wouldn't fit in the narrowest part of the tunnel gate.