As you might know "camel" and "needle's eye" (in the saying "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") are names of Hebrew letters, "gimel" (3rd letter of Hebrew alphabet) and "kuf" (19th letter).
"gamal" as a verb can mean "to wean", like in Genesis 21:8, And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
In German it is "ablaktieren", Latin "ablactari", i.e. abstain from milk.
In the context of Mark this makes sense.
Mark 10:21-22, Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come follow me.
And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
The young man of Mark 14:51-52 seeming to be the same: And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and they laid hold on him:
And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. -- leaving all his theories behind
Returning in Mark 16:5, And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
"sitting on the right side" --καθήμενον ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς cf. Mark 14:62,And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
"sitting on the right hand" ἐκ δεξιῶν καθήμενον (which is after Psalms 110:1).
Hebrew letters are consonants. They form "the body" of the word, i.e. "the flesh". John 6:51, I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
cf. 1 Corinthians 3:1-3,
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
So: Milk is for the carnal, flesh for the spiritual.
"And the word became flesh" --
Flesh = Hebrew "basar" , root of "b'sorah" = message, good tidings =Gospel.
Luke 2:10-11, And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
(Needle's eye in fact is "kuf hamachat", of which gematria is 248, same as of Abraham, i.e. Abram with the extra letter "hé")
"gamal" as a verb can mean "to wean", like in Genesis 21:8, And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
In German it is "ablaktieren", Latin "ablactari", i.e. abstain from milk.
In the context of Mark this makes sense.
Mark 10:21-22, Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come follow me.
And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
The young man of Mark 14:51-52 seeming to be the same: And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and they laid hold on him:
And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. -- leaving all his theories behind
Returning in Mark 16:5, And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
"sitting on the right side" --καθήμενον ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς cf. Mark 14:62,And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
"sitting on the right hand" ἐκ δεξιῶν καθήμενον (which is after Psalms 110:1).
Hebrew letters are consonants. They form "the body" of the word, i.e. "the flesh". John 6:51, I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
cf. 1 Corinthians 3:1-3,
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
So: Milk is for the carnal, flesh for the spiritual.
"And the word became flesh" --
Flesh = Hebrew "basar" , root of "b'sorah" = message, good tidings =Gospel.
Luke 2:10-11, And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
(Needle's eye in fact is "kuf hamachat", of which gematria is 248, same as of Abraham, i.e. Abram with the extra letter "hé")
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