Mike Courtenay
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The sun is in such a position that the man's shadow (4ft) is equal to two-thirds of his actual height (6ft). Using the same scale, it can be taken that the tree's shadow of 18 feet is equal to two-thirds of the tree's actual height, thus :- 18 divided by 2 = 9. 9 x … Read more
Mike Courtenay
Mike Courtenay answered question
Don't know - Just what Jesus said - and a very strange statement is is. However, I believe there is some evidence that the original Hebrew/Aramaic was mistranslated because the words for 'camel' and 'rope' are very similar. Trying to thread a rope through the eye of a needle would make much more sense.