Strait and Narrow

I've always wondered about the scriptures that reference a strait and narrow path.  Strait and narrow both mean narrow.  Actually strait can mean restricted or confined, like a straitjacket, or strait-laced which was originally referring to corsets that were extremely tight.

I looked at some things on the internet--21st century research--that said strait and straight are interchangeable as adjectives.  I read that straight makes sense in the context of  the Bible verses because God's course is direct and undeviating. 

I like to think of strait in the same way as the "camel through the eye of a needle".  Or, it's the same as the commandments--they can be viewed as extremely limiting or they can be seen as  a tiny path of protection through a scary jungle full of all kinds of dangerous predators.

Matthew recorded:  "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."  In this context,  maybe it's talking about restricted entry.  It's fun to really think about the words and the possible meanings, then again,  I have to be careful not to wrest the scriptures and just try to feel what the spirit would have them mean.