The Evidence Room: The Camel, the Needle, and the Gate That Never Was

Case File: Luke 18:25

There’s a story that gets passed around Bible studies like a covered dish at a church potluck, and everybody takes a scoop without checking who made it. It goes like this. Back in old Jerusalem there was a low, narrow gate in the city wall called “the Needle’s Eye,” and it was so small that a camel could only get through if you unloaded all its cargo an…