{Strain out the gnat} (diulizontes ton k(936e)(9370)a). By
filtering through (dia), not the "straining at" in swallowing
so crudely suggested by the misprint in the A.V. {Swallow the
camel} (	(886e) de kam(886c)on katapinontes). Gulping or drinking down
the camel. An oriental hyperbole like that in  19:24 . See also
 5:29,30  17:20  21:21 . Both insects and camels were
ceremonially unclean ( Le 11:4,20,23,42 ). "He that kills a flea
on the Sabbath is as guilty as if he killed a camel" (Jer.
_Shabb._ 107).