Assertion: eunuch | /r/CapableOf | make eunuchs of themselves
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text: If in saying "eunuchs who made eunuchs of themselves" Jesus had really meant people who chose not to marry, or who chose a "life of continence", then Jesus probably would not have used the word "eunuch", which not only has a wholly different meaning, but which also may induce castration anxiety among men who hear about it.
text: One hypothesis, put forward by advocates of chastity, is that Jesus meant Essenes as the "eunuchs who made eunuchs of themselves the sake of the Kingdom of the Heavens.
text: It may suit the theological preferences of some Christians to interpret the words of Jesus Christ, "eunuchs who made eunuchs of themselves the sake of the Kingdom of the Heavens", to mean not what he said, but rather to serve as a euphemism for celibates.